To take part in the campaign for the referendum, groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings that meet the conditions laid down in article LO 1112-10 submit a request for authorisation to the president of the executive body of the local authority that has decided on the referendum no later than 5 p.m. on the third Monday before polling day.
Each group of elected representatives shall attach a list of its members to its request for authorisation.
Each party or political grouping to which elected representatives or candidates have declared their affiliation under the conditions provided for in Article LO 1112-10 shall attach to its application for authorisation the list of these elected representatives or candidates together with their declaration of affiliation.
For the addition of votes referred to in the fifth paragraph of article LO 1112-10, each candidate represents half of the votes received by the pair within which he or she stood, rounded up, where appropriate.
An order of the president of the executive body of the competent local authority, published or posted no later than the third Friday before polling day, sets out the list of elected representatives’ groups, political parties and groupings entitled to take part in the campaign as well as the list of persons who declare that they are affiliated to them.
Any person registered on the electoral roll within the jurisdiction of the territorial authority that has decided on the referendum, as well as any political group, party or grouping that has submitted an application for authorisation, may, within twenty-four hours of the publication of the list, refer the matter to the competent administrative court. The court will rule in the first and last instance within three days of the application being lodged.If it deems the application to be well-founded, the court will amend the order.
For the application of the articles of the Electoral Code (Regulatory part) to the campaign organised with a view to a local referendum, references to candidates, pairs of candidates and lists of candidates are replaced by references to groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings.