Editing Postal voting (section)

===France===
Postal voting existed in France until 1975, when it was banned (except in very limited circumstances) due to fears of voter fraud.<ref name="Bermingham">{{Cite web|last=Bermingham|first=Pierre-Paul|date=16 November 2020|title=France split over 'American' mail-in ballots for 2021 regional elections|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/france-is-split-over-american-mail-in-ballots-2021-regional-election/|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Politico|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301075923/https://www.politico.eu/article/france-is-split-over-american-mail-in-ballots-2021-regional-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> The highly publicized use of widespread postal voting in the [[2020 United States presidential election]] has reignited debate in France about the use of postal voting, but no consensus or concrete plans exist for reintroducing it.