The Elections of June and August–September 1791 and the Renewal of the Political Personnel

Voters in 1791 were told that the formation of the next legislature, and hence the destiny of France, depended on the good choice of electors. Tassin, curé of Saint-Sauflieu, explained that it is among the electors that the district and departmental administrators and the deputies to the National Assembly will be chosen. The president of the electoral assembly of the Bouches-du-Rhône declared that the destiny of the world was in the electors’ hands. ¹