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Yes, France Banned Mail Voting in 1975 for Cases of “Electoral Fraud” and Replaced It with the “Vote for power”·Damn.es - Journalism so They Don’t Hang It

In a debate in the Senate in December 1975, the socialist Félix Ciccolini stated that “among the causes of electoral irregularities is the vote by correspondence” because “about half of the fraud cases originated from it.” Among the problems that Ciccolini listed were those that we mentioned: using medical certificates issued by a doctor already deceased, sending only the ballot papers of a candidacy or delaying the sending of documentation unti…

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In a debate in the Senate in December 1975, the socialist Félix Ciccolini stated that “among the causes of electoral irregularities is the vote by correspondence” because “about half of the fraud cases originated from it.” Among the problems that Ciccolini listed were those that we mentioned: using medical certificates issued by a doctor already deceased, sending only the ballot papers of a candidacy or delaying the sending of documentation unti…

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