When the ballot takes place by post, the ballot papers, envelopes and supporting documents are produced by the administration at its own expense. Only electoral material supplied by the administration may be used.
Each ballot paper is placed in a double envelope. The inner envelope must bear no words or distinctive signs. The outer envelope shall bear the words: “Elections to the Disciplinary Board”, the name of the voting section concerned, the address of the polling station, the surname, first name and signature of the voter. The envelopes are sent at the expense of the administration.
The counting of votes begins with a census. The electoral list is signed off as each outer envelope is opened and the inner envelope is placed, unopened, in the ballot box corresponding to the section containing the voters’ votes. The following envelopes shall be set aside and not counted:
1° Envelopes that reach the polling station after the close of the ballot;
2° Envelopes that do not contain the voter’s surname and first name written legibly and the voter’s signature;
3° Envelopes that reach the polling station in more than one copy under the signature of the same voter;
4° Envelopes that contain more than one inner envelope;
5° Inner envelopes that are not blank of any annotation.
Votes corresponding to these envelopes are declared void.
The polling station shall count the ballot papers contained in each ballot box separately. Ballot papers that do not comply with the provisions of article R. 6152-322-5 or that contain annotations or erasures are not valid.