FILE - An electoral campaign board is set up in the countryside for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Lachassagne, central France, June 25, 2024. Even in a busy year of elections, the next few days stand out. Voters go to the polls over the next week in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the stalwart democracies of Britain and France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)