First Polls Open -- Overseas -- in French Election.

[Flagg]

Source: AFP

FIRST POLLS OPEN -- OVERSEAS -- IN FRENCH ELECTION

Received Saturday, 21 April 2007 10:14:00 GMT

SAINT-PIERRE, April 21, 2007 (AFP) - Voting started in France's presidential elections Saturday, as polling booths opened in the tiny overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon a day ahead of the French mainland.
Only some 5,000 people are registered to vote in the archipelago, which lies off Canada's Atlantic coast.
Altogether around one million French voters -- citizens of overseas territories and expatriates in the Americas -- were to vote Saturday.
Rules were changed recently so that inhabitants of the Americas -- which lie several hours behind France -- would not hear of early results from the mainland when they cast their votes in elections.
Some 44.5 million voters are choosing a successor to President Jacques Chirac, in a two round vote that concludes on May 6.
Of 12 candidates in Sunday's first round only two qualify for the decider, with right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal the frontrunners.

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[Rydz777]

1. "only two qualify for the decider"

Like wow! They're getting one too. France will also have a Decider. Lot's of luck.

[Igel]

2. "Run-off". n/t