There may be ethical issues associated with allowing certain inpatients to vote as some may be cognitively impaired. During the 2007 elections in France, we conducted a prospective observational study on voting among hospitalized patients.
APHP, Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700, Colombes, Université Paris 7, France. antoine.bosquet@lmr.aphp.fr