I think as far as Camus is concerned this is a trick question. Camus is a bit of an absurdist, so I don't think he would cast his vote at all. He sees certain acts that society values as meaningful as essentially meaningless. Existance is absurd, and whether or not he votes won't make a huge difference in the long run. He is one man and the act of him voting doesn't mean anything or serve any purpose. Or at least that's would I believe he would think.
As for Voltaire, he has often satarized the lives of rich men and people who are born into wealth and nobility. Mitt Romney fits this bill pretty well. I also think that Voltaire was more into the idea of power in people to choose and against the government having too much power and controlling people. Voltaire also, though religious himself, chastised the church and religion constantly for being hypocrtical. This would probably cause him to be more likely to vote Democrat, because they have less of a history of letting their religion govern their politics and of hipocrisy, though this is present for both parties. Voltaire would most likely vote for President Obama but view him as the lesser of two evils.
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