French expatriates around the world turned out in large numbers last weekend as the country elected its first Socialist Party president since Francois Mitterrand in the 1980s.
French authorities encourage their citizens living or working overseas to vote. In Mexico, voting took place on Saturday, May 5, a day earlier than the poll in France.
According to Sara Fine at the French Embassy in Mexico City, ten polling places were set up around the country, with voting permitted between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Five were in the capital and the remainder in Guadalajara, Monterrey, Queretero, Cancun and Puebla. The polling place in Guadalajara was the Alliance Francaise cultural/educational center on Lopez Cotilla.
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