source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0420/p01s01-woeu.htm
France has 44.5 million voters, with 535,000 of them overseas. At
polling stations near their residence, voters are presented with
standardized opaque envelopes. They then choose bulletins de vote -
slips of paper with one of the 12 candidates' names printed. One may
choose all 12 or just one bulletin. For privacy, many take several.
In a curtained booth, voters put their candidate's slip in the
envelope and fold the flap: No writing, no punching, no hanging
chads.
As they exit, an election official reexamines voter IDs. Voters then
sign a huge registry and line up at a transparent voting box. An
official speaks the voter's name, then slides open a slot on the box.
The voter drops the envelope. The official says, "A vot=E9." ("Has
voted.")
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