The assessors of the Régine-Cavagnoud gymnasium, in the 8ᵉ arrondissement, are surprised at the affluence in the polling stations. Voters, sometimes disillusioned, ensure that they do not want to miss an “important this year” deadline.
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7 h 55, Sunday, April 10th. Christine Dumoulin, 58, has prepared everything. Its electrical card and identification exceed its portfolio. No question of missing his citizen duty. Polar sweater, foot sneakers, the first electrizer comes in front of the regin-cavagnoud gym, in the e district of Lyon. “It’s very important to vote. I never miss an election. People fight in the world to have the right to vote. It does not take us a lot of time. Today, I organized very early” , confides M me dumoulin.
The laboratory assistant presents himself at the office 815, slips his newsletter and leaves by pressing the step. Lyonnaise has planned a hike for this fresh and sunny Sunday. She leaves with her club in Saône-et-Loire, at a good hour’s drive north of the capital of Gaul, to climb the … Roche de solutre. “It does not hesitate!”, Says the electrical in a smile, with reference to the site made famous by the annual visits of François Mitterrand. Tasty irony on this day of first round of presidential.
“We are surprised by the world”
After Christine, a dozen voters already cross the Grand Gym, with the basketball panels. Sign of unforeseen mobilization? “This morning, we have the impression that there are many people, it’s weird. I have rarely seen a queue before opening the doors”, confides Catherine Chatain, 52 years old, assessor.
At 8:30 am, 32 voters were recorded, on the 1,228 registrants of the office 814. The affluence is unexpected, contrasting with the previous elections. “To the municipal, regional, sometimes we were waiting two hours without seeing a single voter. Of course, the presidential election, it’s different, but we are surprised by the world of good morning,” explains M me Chatain. In 2017, nearly a quarter of voters abstained in this sector, one of the highest levels of the nine boroughs of Lyon. “Three thousand new constituents registered in all the 8 e district of Lyon”, ensures an assessor, who sees another positive index of participation.
Najia Elabidi, 39, has decided last Wednesday. “I no longer voted, I hesitated, and a teacher convinced me to revote. I discussed with him in a market. This year, the deadline is important,” says the employee. “I do not know how we do!”, “Says the electrice by presenting himself before the polling station. Newsletters, Isoir, Envelope, ID …, The voting remembers the course and leaves by pulling a suitcase with wheels, in a hurry to take a train.
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