How to vote in the presidential election? From the search for your polling station and its schedules to the choice of the ballot and the mandatory documents, here is what you need to know about the vote for the 2nd round of the presidential election this Sunday…
How to vote in the presidential election? Find the address and hours of your polling station.
[Mis à jour le 24 avril 2022 à 16h02] The presidential election, 2nd episode, began this Sunday, April 24 in the morning, with the opening of the polling stations at 8 a.m. To know how to vote in the presidential election, nothing really hard. First, make sure you go to the right address. The documents needed to vote are very simple: an identity card or a driving license is enough, the voter’s certificate is not required. There are still a few rules to follow when voting.
Be careful, even if it is a national election, you cannot vote just anywhere. You must go to the polling station where you are duly registered. This is a polling station in your municipality of main residence. Depending on the size of your municipality, there may be one or more polling stations. Do you want to vote in the presidential election this Sunday but don’t know the opening hours and especially the closing times of your polling station or its exact address? In order not to be mistaken, all the necessary information can be found below.
You can also access this practical information directly via our search engine displayed at the top of this article. Once your polling station is known, to go and vote, just let yourself be guided. Signposting is indicated as soon as you enter the polling station and the assessors present are there to help you and ensure the smooth running of the ballot. Have you lost your voter card? Do not panic, the voter’s card is not compulsory and a simple identity document is enough to check your registration on the electoral lists.
Around 70,000 polling stations will be open for the presidential election. To vote in this 2022 presidential election, Linternaute offers you a complete and free service allowing you to identify a polling station via a search engine and access the addresses and times for this presidential election.
Find a polling station
Even if the registration on the electoral lists is validated, you have to go and vote in a very specific office and not anywhere. Indeed, several offices are open in the municipalities to bring together voters residing in the same geographical area. Each polling station generally does not exceed 1,000 voters. Not sure where yours is? Do not panic. The number and address is written on your electoral card, inside, at the top.
How to vote in the presidential election? The closing time of my polling station
On April 24, not all polling stations close at the same time. Differences exist in the big cities, on prefectural order. In the vast majority of cities, polling stations close their doors at 19 ‘o clock on Sunday. However, the metropolises are playing extra time until 8 p.m., as in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes or Nice. A differentiation made due to a larger number of voters in these territories.
Consult the hours of a polling station
How to vote in the presidential election? The best timing
In the big cities, it is advisable not to delay going to vote in the presidential election too long, in particular to avoid the queues observed at the end of the day during the 1st round of this presidential election 2022. 48.7 million voters are indeed called to the polls in this 2nd round of the presidential election. In Paris, and in several large cities, long queues had formed during the 1st round. If the town hall had assured that it had provided enough assessors for the smooth running of the ballot, it would seem that some assessors or volunteers who had undertaken to present themselves did not come in the end.
This human resources problem had perhaps been amplified by a large crowd at the end of the afternoon. Some voters had even ended up giving up and going home without having voted, or had feared that the polling station would close before they could slip their ballot into the ballot box. It is recalled that in the megalopolises, the polling stations close at 8 p.m. rather than at 7 p.m. However, the town halls advise to go to the polling station at low traffic times, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., as well as between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., in order to smooth the traffic.
How to vote in the presential election? The necessary documents
Before being able to vote in the presidential election, it is necessary, in most municipalities, to have to prove one’s identity to those in charge of the polling stations. However, presenting your electoral card is not obligatory. An identity document may be sufficient, such as his identity card, his passport, his vital card with photograph, his disability card or his driving license. It should also be noted that in cities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, it is however not compulsory to present any identity document in order to be able to vote. “But in case of doubt, the president of the polling station can ask you to prove your identity by any means”, specifies the administration.
Here is the list of documents to present, the common point of which is the presence of a photograph:
- National Identity Card
- passport
- driver’s license
- vital card
- civil servant card
- SNCF large family card
- military ID card
- hunting permit
- military or civilian disability card
- fighter card