Can you vote for political elections online?
Verified 09 July 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The rules are different depending on whether you vote in France, or from the foreigner:
In France
You can't vote online.
To vote, you must go to your polling station with a proof of identity, on voting day.
But if you plan to be away that day, you can to make a proxy for voting.
Making a power of attorney allows you to charge another voter with vote for you, in your polling station, on the day of the vote.
To find out the address of your polling station and check your powers of attorney, you can use this online service:
From the foreigner
You can vote via the internet provided you meet the following 3 conditions:
- You live abroad
- You are registered on a consular voters list. You can check your voter registration using this online service.
- When you registered, you provided an email address (e-mail address) and a phone number. This data is necessary to communicate a username and password.
You can vote online in the following elections:
- In general elections, you can vote by internet. To do this, it may be necessary to update your contact information in the foreigner register before a deadline. But you may prefer to vote by correspondence, or by going to polling station the election day, or by making a prior power of attorney.
- In the election of advisers to the foreigner, you can vote by internet. But you may prefer to go to the polling station the election day, or vote by power of attorney.
Legislative elections - Voting via internet
Parliamentary elections - Voting by mail
Election of French foreigner councilors - Vote via internet
Online service
Service-Public.fr
Service-Public.fr
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs