how to check your registration on the electoral lists before the May 1 deadline

To elect French MEPs on June 9, you must be registered on the electoral lists. This process must be carried out no later than May 1 online, or May 3 at the town hall.

Deadline: Wednesday May 1st. There are just under two weeks left to register on the electoral lists and have the right to place a ballot in the ballot box on Sunday June 9 (or the day before, in several overseas territories). In France, 48.8 million voters are called upon to choose the 81 French MEPs who will sit in the European Parliament.

Any French citizen or national of a member state of the European Union residing in France, aged at least 18 on the day before the election, has the right to vote in this election. If you have recently celebrated your majority, you have in principle been automatically registered on the electoral list of your municipality, provided you have completed your census at age 16. In any case, it is better to check in advance that you are registered. Otherwise, you can do it online until Wednesday May 1, and by mail or at the town hall until Friday May 3, with an additional deadline until May 30 for certain very specific cases. Here are the steps to follow.

I want to check if I am registered and in which office I could vote: how do I do it?

You can do it in a few clicks with this form, or this one if you are registered in New Caledonia. You will need to use your France Connect identifiers, device allowing connect to different administrative sites, or create an account on the service-public.fr website. You will then need to indicate the municipality in which you think you are registered. This service will tell you if this is indeed the case, and will send you the address of your polling station as well as a downloadable certificate (which is not required to vote). You will also be able to find out if you have a current power of attorney.

If you do not wish or cannot complete this process online, you can contact your town hall to ask if you are on the electoral list.

A special schedule applies in certain special cases: sif you celebrate your 18th birthday between May 4 and June 8 (or the day before in several overseas territories), and you have not been automatically registered, if you have recently moved for professional reasons or if you have recently obtained French nationality, you can register on the electoral list of your new municipality until May 30.

I want to register, how do I do it?

Several options are available to you: registration can be done online, on the service-public.fr website, until 1 May, or at the town hall until May 3. You can also register by mail, by printing and returning this form accompanied by the supporting documents requested to your town hall, before May 3 (postmark as proof). You can also mandate a trusted person to carry out your registration at the town hall. You will then need to give him a written and signed document attesting that you are entrusting him with this power.

In all cases, you will be asked to provide proof of identity (a copy of your national identity card or passport) and proof of your link with the voting municipality (an electricity bill less than three months old , For example). If you are a citizen of another country of the European Union, you will also have to complete a sworn declaration specifying your electoral situation in your country and certifying that you will only vote in France for this election. A model is available on the service-public.fr website.

What if I live abroad?

If you live outside France, you can vote by proxy or in person at the polling station open at the consulate. To do this, you must be registered no later than May 3 on the consular electoral list of your host country. This process can be done online, at the consulate or embassy.

If you live in a Member State of the Union, you can choose to vote to elect the European representatives of your host country. You must then register on the local electoral lists. In this case, you will not have the right to vote to elect French MEPs, in the name of the ban on double voting.

I can’t go to the polling station on election day, how can I vote by proxy?

You can ask another voter to vote in your place on the day. They will have to come to your polling station and can only hold one proxy. This process can be carried out online, at a police station or at the gendarmerie. In all cases, it is better to do so in advance, due to delivery and processing times at the town hall.

You can go to a police station, a gendarmerie or the judicial court closest to you. Bring proof of identity, your national voter number and that of the voter responsible for voting on your behalf. It is written on your voter card and you can find it online via this form. You will also be asked to provide the surname, first name and date of birth of the mandated voter.

You can also request your proxy on the website maprocuration.gouv.fr, by providing the same information. Once the online form has been completed, you will need to go to a police station or gendarmerie to verify your identity, unless you use the service France Identity, the public digital identity certification tool. In this case, you will receive a receipt and you will have nothing more to do, apart from specifying your voting instructions to your proxy.