Question 15995 — French people abroad

Summary

Mr. Thomas Portes questions the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for the Francophonie, international partnerships and French people living abroad, on the difficulties encountered by French voters established outside France during the elections of advisors to French people living abroad and consular delegates in 2026. For this election, voters registered on an electoral list consular officials could vote at the ballot box, by proxy or online. The internet voting portal was open from Friday May 22, 2026 at 12 p.m. to Wednesday May 27, 2026 at 12 p.m., before the ballot box vote organized on May 30, 2026 for the American continent and the Caribbean and May 31, 2026 for the rest of the world. According to data published following online voting, 1,677,147 voters were registered worldwide and eligible for the vote. online voting. However, several reports from voters and candidates, as well as a response from the Government to the Senate on May 27, 2026, report difficulties encountered during internet voting. These difficulties particularly concerned the authentication of voters, the receipt of identifiers by email, the receipt of passwords or codes by SMS, as well as the use of renewal procedures provided by the ministry. THE The Government itself recognized that certain functionalities depended on local operators and that the organization of internet voting on a global scale could encounter technical difficulties. To these digital difficulties have been added, in several territories, concerns relating to access to voting at the ballot box. The list of polling stations opened by embassies and consular posts was established by decree of 5 May 2026. However, voters reported the remoteness of certain polling stations or the absence of an easily accessible physical alternative when online voting could not be completed. These situations raise the question of equal access to voting for French people established outside France, particularly in large constituencies, countries where electronic communications are unstable or territories far from consular posts. These elections concern local representatives of French people established outside France, called to sit on consular councils at embassies and consulates, to formulate opinions on local issues affecting the daily life of French people abroad and to participate in the electoral college of senators representing French people established outside France. The difficulties encountered during of this election therefore justify a precise, transparent and territorialized assessment. In this context, he asks about the detailed assessment available to the Government concerning the difficulties encountered during internet voting in the consular elections of 2026, in particular the number of requests for assistance, authentication failures, renewals of identifiers or passwords, as well as their distribution by country and by consular district. He also questions him on the criteria used for the opening of polling stations at the ballot box and on the measures envisaged to guarantee an accessible physical alternative when voting by internet encounters technical obstacles. Finally, he questions him on the measures that the Government intends to take in order to guarantee, during the next elections, simple, secure, effective and equal access to the vote for all French people established outside France.

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