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L'inscription sur les listes électorales est :

Registration on the electoral roll is:

Correct answer

Obligatoire pour les citoyens français, et automatique à 18 ans pour les jeunes qui ont fait leur recensement

Compulsory for French citizens, and automatic at 18 for young people who completed their census registration

Why

The Electoral Code (Article L9) states that registration on the electoral roll is compulsory, although failing to register is not punished; it is free. Young people registered for the census are enrolled automatically at 18, and newly naturalised citizens are also registered automatically. From the official naturalisation knowledge-question list.

Answer choices

  • APayanteSubject to a fee
  • BRéservée aux personnes qui paient l'impôt sur le revenuReserved for people who pay income tax
  • CObligatoire pour les citoyens français, et automatique à 18 ans pour les jeunes qui ont fait leur recensementCompulsory for French citizens, and automatic at 18 for young people who completed their census registration
  • DInterdite aux personnes devenues françaises par naturalisationForbidden to people who became French by naturalisation