We voted in the French local elections, it was a bit tricky as we didn't (and still don't) really understand what is going on. You don't vote for individuals, but rather for a whole list of people. As far as we could tell, in Pouzac the two lists were not associated with political parties. We had no idea either whether the 'lists' views were left or right or whatever, their pamphlets were nearly identical and said they were going to look after the school, make the town safer and encourage village life or things to that effect.
Sadly we can only vote in local elections and not presidential elections. It doesn't seem quite fair as these decisions affect us too. We go on being allowed to vote in the UK for 15 years (in the borough we were last resident in, so probably Southwark or possibly Camden) but after that not anywhere. French expats in the UK can vote in France forever.
There are around 800 voters in Pouzac so we felt our vote could actually make a bit of a difference - there are something like 150,000 in Camden.
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