Absence of ballot papers in Toulouse: the anger of a candidate in the legislative elections
Independent candidate various right in the third constituency of Haute-Garonne, Olivier de Guyenro is surprised that no ballot paper in his name is available in the Toulouse polling stations, while he has done the necessary with the prefecture of the Haute Garonne. No problem, however, in small towns.
Like any candidate for the legislative elections, Olivier de Guyenro made the rounds of the polling stations this Sunday morning, for the first round of the legislative elections. A diverse candidate on the right in the third constituency of Haute-Garonne (eastern districts of Toulouse and towns in eastern Toulouse), he found, in at least seven or eight offices in Toulouse, in the Bonhoure, Château de l’Hers and Côte Pavée, that there were no ballot papers in his name or that of his alternate. “However, I did what was necessary with the prefecture. I had 20,000 ballot papers printed at my expense, or approximately 25% of the electorate, to avoid waste. I knew that there would be 50% of “abstention approx. I have a receipt from the prefecture and delivery to the town halls” takes offense Olivier de Guyenro.
He seized the problem of the prefecture of Haute-Garonne and the town hall of Toulouse. “Each will refer to the ball. One would have sent everything, the other would have received nothing. Where have my ballots gone? No solution is offered to me, except to tell my potential voters to write the title of the ballot, my name and that of my alternate, Aurélie Amouroux, on blank paper. Who is going to tell them? How are they going to know? And who is going to be motivated enough to do that?” vituperates Olivier de Guyenro, who of himself, proposed the last days to download his bulletin, then to print it, on his Internet site.
The lack of bulletins is a priori only on Toulouse. He goes around the small towns, and in Gragnague or Saint-Marcel-Paulel, everything is in order. “I’m going to go see what’s going on in Balma, and I’ll have a bailiff find out what’s going on in the Toulouse offices” indicates this 55-year-old business manager who financed his campaign himself, of which he estimates the costs at almost €5,000.
“It’s still very strange that it’s only in Toulouse. I hope it’s a technical problem and that it’s not voluntary. Simple coincidence or am I embarrassing a candidate, deputy mayor and supported by the city? The 3 or 4% that I could make could harm him with a view to qualifying for the second round? concluded Olivier du Guyenro, who ranks himself, on the political spectrum, between the Republicans and Reconquest, the party of Eric Zemmour.