FranceListe naturalisation, n° 40 · Institutions and politics

Registration on the electoral rolls is:

In the exam (French)

L'inscription sur les listes électorales est :

  1. aCompulsory in order to voteObligatoire pour pouvoir voterCorrect answer
  2. bReserved for people who pay taxesRéservée aux personnes qui paient des impôts
  3. cPaid, with a registration feePayante, avec un droit d’inscription
  4. dPossible only on election dayPossible uniquement le jour du scrutin

Why?

You must be registered on the electoral rolls in order to vote. Young people are registered automatically at 18, and people who become French are also registered automatically in their commune. Others do it themselves, free of charge, at the town hall or online, before the deadline set for each election.

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Source

Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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