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European elections: ballot papers air-dropped in Polynesia / 34UP8GF
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With a budget of 627,000 euros, the European elections are a headache to organize in French Polynesia, a territory spread over an area roughly as large as Europe. Some of the ballot papers are sent by boat or dropped by plane. This is the case on the island of Rapa (500 inhabitants), one of the farthest French islands from mainland France, 16,000 km away. The French Navy, with its Gardian aircraft, drops the election parcels by air. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES