France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds…
Did you read the article? The change being made is that the voter eligibility list hasn’t been updated in 25 years. Yes that means recent “immigrants” from France (New Caledonia is France, at least for now) can’t vote.
I don’t doubt he’s right but I find it fascinating that those young people are essentially rioting to not be allowed to vote.
That’s completely inaccurate. They are rioting so that immigrants from mainland France will not be allowed to vote.
Did you read the article? The change being made is that the voter eligibility list hasn’t been updated in 25 years. Yes that means recent “immigrants” from France (New Caledonia is France, at least for now) can’t vote.
It also means people under 40 can’t vote…