ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORAL ROLLS
I-1. The Managing Director of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance shall draw up the list of voters and eligible persons for each college and sub-college in accordance with the provisions of this appendix and Articles A. 211-1 to A. 211-3.
I-2. The Director General of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance shall organise the publication of these lists, in particular by posting. Any complaints must be sent to the Director of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within eight days of the publication date. The latter will rule on the merits of the complaints and will draw up the final electoral list within the same period.
ORGANISATION OF VOTING OPERATIONS
II-1. Voting timetable.
The timetable for the voting operations is set as follows:
– posting and publication of the electoral lists at least thirty days before the date of the ballot ;
– submission of nomination papers at least twenty-one days before the date of the ballot;
– distribution of voting material within the establishment at least fifteen days before the date of the ballot ;
– all ballot papers to be counted on the day of the ballot ;
– proclamation of the results on the day of the ballot.
II-2 a. Practical organisation.
Nomination papers specifying the names of the full and alternate candidates must be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or lodged with the Director in return for a receipt.
Each nomination must include both a full member and a substitute member.
Candidates may include a profession of faith with their application.
II-2 b. Voting materials.
The Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance is responsible for preparing the ballot papers and the envelopes for the vote, which must be of a single model.
The Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance will send the voters, in good time, in envelopes bearing their name:
– ballot papers ;
– a copy of this appendix;
– where applicable, the candidates’ professions of faith.
For persons absent from the establishment during this period, for any reason whatsoever, a letter with acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to the elector’s home address, at least seven days before the closing date of the ballot.
II-2 c. Polling station.
Voters must use only the voting materials provided by the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance.
The vote, on pain of nullity, must be cast using a single ballot paper bearing no erasures, distinctive signs or overwriting. This ballot paper is placed by the voter in an envelope, which must also bear no identifying mark.
Voting takes place at the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance on polling day.
All voters may vote by post.
Postal votes must be collected en bloc from the post office the day before the date set for voting at the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance.
For votes sent by post, the outer envelope (envelope no. 1), bearing pre-stamped postage, must not contain any words other than those pre-printed. A second envelope (envelope no. 2), into which a third envelope (envelope no. 3) containing the ballot paper is inserted, must legibly show the surname, first name, college or sub-college to which it belongs and the voter’s signature.
Voters who are unable to vote in person may exercise their right to vote by appointing a proxy in writing to vote on their behalf.
The proxy must be registered on the same electoral roll as the principal. No person may hold more than two proxies.
The electoral process takes place in public in an easily accessible location where the freedom and secrecy of the vote are guaranteed, under the supervision of a polling station consisting of a chairman and two assessors chosen by the director of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance from among the electors.
The ballot papers and envelopes are placed on a separate table from the ballot box.
Voters must go through the polling booth.
Voters are asked to sign an enrolment list before the ballot paper is placed in the ballot box. Voters must be able to prove their identity.
Before the on-site voting begins, postal votes are counted.
The names of the voters from whom the envelopes originate are entered on the lists.
The following are set aside unopened
– envelopes no. 2 which are unsigned or do not show the surname, first name and college of the voter or on which these details are illegible ;
– envelopes no. 3 or ballot papers found in envelope no. 1 without envelope no. 2.
The elector’s vote shall be null and void :
– multiple envelopes no. 2 received under the signature of the same elector ;
– envelopes no. 3 bearing a distinctive word or sign ;
– multiple No. 3 envelopes received in a single No. 2 envelope;
– ballot papers found in envelope no. 2 without envelope no. 3.
The envelope containing the ballot paper is placed in the ballot box.
RESULTS
III-1. Counting of votes.
The votes are counted in public at the polling station.
The president of the polling station ensures that the number of scrutineers is sufficient to ensure the counting of the votes. The number of scrutineers must be at least equal to the number of people making up the polling station.
At the close of the ballot, the scrutineers check that the number of envelopes in the ballot box is equal to the number of votes cast on the voters’ list.
Each member of the polling station signs the voters’ list.
The votes are counted immediately afterwards.
The following in particular are considered invalid
– empty envelopes ;
– ballot papers found in the ballot box without envelopes ;
– ballot papers or envelopes that do not conform to the standard model;
– ballot papers or envelopes bearing a distinctive sign, overwritten or crossed out;
– different ballot papers contained in the same envelope.
For each college or sub-college, the candidate or candidates and their substitutes who have obtained the highest number of votes shall be declared elected; in the event of a tie in the number of votes obtained, the oldest candidate shall be elected.
The final results are announced by the president of the polling station and recorded in a summary report of the vote signed by the president and the assessors. Invalid ballot papers and unopened envelopes are appended to the minutes.
The minutes shall mention :
1. The number of registered voters ;
2. The number of electors voting ;
3. The number of blank or invalid ballot papers;
4. The number of votes cast;
5. The number of votes received by each candidate;
6. The difficulties and incidents that occurred.
A copy of these minutes is posted by the Director General of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance.
III-2. Disputes
Challenges to the validity of the electoral process are brought before the Director General of the Institut national du sport, de l’expertise et de la performance within five days of the announcement of the results.
The Director General must give a ruling within eight days, at the end of which time the request is deemed to have been rejected.