The administrative court examined a request from the Caledonian Union, which contests the consolidation of polling stations in Nouméa for the 2027 elections. This change, which reduces the number of polling places to nine, is deemed discriminatory by the independence party. Representatives of the UC believe that this concentration harms access to voting for voters in working-class neighborhoods, calling into question the credibility of the results.
Consolidation of polling stations in Nouméa: the Caledonian Union takes the administrative court
This article was updated at 05:30.