Sarkozy wins

A friend called to tell us that Sarkozy had won with 53% of the vote today. We dont’ have a television here and because it’s Sunday, I’ve given the computer screen a day of rest.

Does this means we should expect to see strikes this summer in France? Some observers have mentioned their concern about this, but it’s far too early to even make any guesses about this.

We are currently in Normandy and have had an opportunity to visit some of the local voting booths. Unlike Issy-les-Moulineaux, a large number of voters voted today in the ballot format as opposed to the electronic voting which apparently was only used in certain towns.

This year, smaller towns and villages were careful to have an actual voting both that met ’specs’. Apparently, a town in la Manche region of Normandy had used a closet as the voting booth. Because of this, the votes from a previous election had been annulled for this reason. The moral of this story is that when it comes to voting, it’s time to come out of the closet.

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