
French voters head to the polls in presidential race
CNN
French voters head to the polls Sunday for one of the most consequential presidential elections the country has seen in decades.
Twelve candidates, including incumbent Emmanuel Macron, are running for the top job. If none of them receives more than 50% of the ballots, the top two candidates will face each other in a runoff on April 24. But a second round is all but guaranteed -- no French presidential candidate has ever won in the first round under the current system.
Macron is seeking to become the first French President to win re-election since Jacques Chirac in 2002.

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