Le déclin du suffrage universel : la sélection contre l’élection, par Yves-Marie Adeline

Le déclin du suffrage universel : la sélection contre l’élection, par Yves-Marie Adeline
A voter casts their ballot in front of an official wearing plastic gloves in a polling station of Lyon on March 15, 2020 during the first round of the mayoral elections. – Officials have been told to disinfect voting booths and ballot boxes throughout the day, and sinks and hand gels will be made available. People will be urged to get in and out quickly to avoid lines, and floor markings will be laid out to ensure they stay one metre (3.3 feet) from one another. Authorities have already eased proxy voting rules for people at risk or infected with coronavirus and ordered to confine themselves to their homes, as well as for people in retirement homes. People can also come with their own pens for marking ballots. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)

A notre époque où le démocratisme est désormais une religion de croyants non-pratiquants, les observateurs sont en droit de s’interroger sur le fait de savoir s’il est encore utile de faire appel au vote des citoyens. Nous choisirons deux exemples, la France et les Etats-Unis.