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Si les plus taquins diront que les Français ont préféré garder leur après-midi pour profiter du beau temps, la tendance, qui pourrait se confirmer dans la journée, avait été dessinée par les chiffres de l'Outre-Mer. A 16h00, soit deux heures et demie avant la fermeture des bureaux de vote, la participation moyenne était en hausse de dix points environ dans les départements d'Outre-Mer. En Guadeloupe, 41,5% des électeurs s'étaient exprimés contre 32% il y a cinq ans, alors que 38% des Martiniquais s'étaient rendus aux urnes contre 27,7%. En Guyane, ils étaient même 53,3% à deux heures de la fermeture, contre 46,76% à l'issue du scrutin en 2002. Ailleurs dans le monde, de longues files d'attente se formaient devant les consulats, comme en Australie ou au Liban.
by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Apr 22nd, 2007 at 08:03:17 AM EST
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This has changed: in 2002, the vote was held on Sunday in the overseas territories in the Western hemisphere like Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique or French Polynesia, as well as in the consulates in North & South America.

I remember having voted on Sunday afternoon at the French consulate in San Francisco (located on Bush St. ironically enough) even though the estimates from France were known since 11 am Pacific (8 pm in France).

In 2007, for the first time, the polls in all these places have been moved to Saturday: another side effect of the globalization? the Internet? satellite TV? All of the above?

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sun Apr 22nd, 2007 at 10:16:16 AM EST
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