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Article R713-51 of the French Commercial code

On the Monday following the closing date of the ballot or, if that Monday is a public holiday, on the first working day thereafter, the election organisation committee shall proceed to count the postal votes in public and in the presence of scrutineers appointed by the chairman of the committee and by the candidates or their proxies. As many ballot boxes as there are categories or sub-categories are set up.

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Article R713-52 of the French Commercial code

The committee shall check that the number of envelopes used to send the votes corresponds to that shown on the summary statement referred to in Article R. 713-50. If a discrepancy is noted, this is noted in the minutes initialled by each member of the committee. The committee shall open the envelopes in which the votes were cast. The chairman or a member of the committee appointed by him shall…

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Article R713-53 of the French Commercial code

The committee shall total up, in each jurisdiction, the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each professional category or sub-category and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper presented in a form other than that validated by the committee, any ballot paper containing more names than there are seats to be filled in the professional category and, where applicable, sub-category and any ballot…

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Article R713-54 of the French Commercial code

At the same time as the documents provided for in 2° of Article R. 713-35, the election organisation commission shall send all voters an instruction relating to the procedures for accessing the electronic voting system to which the voter connects in order to vote, as well as the instruments enabling the vote to be cast in accordance with procedures guaranteeing its confidentiality. These tools enable the voter to be authenticated…

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Article R713-55 of the French Commercial code

To vote electronically, the voter, after connecting to the website or any other network accessible to all voters, identifies himself, expresses his vote and validates it using the authentication instruments that have been allocated to him. They check the secure registration of their vote by the electronic voting system. Transmission of the vote and the voter’s signature are acknowledged electronically, with the date of receipt indicated. .

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Article R713-56 of the French Commercial code

On the day of the vote count, the list of voters drawn up from the “voters’ file” processing constitutes the list of voters for postal votes. The chairman and at least one of the members of the committee each receive a separate counting key, in a way that guarantees confidentiality, enabling them to access the data in the file known as the “contents of the electronic ballot box”. The chairman…

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Article R713-57 of the French Commercial code

The data relating to voters registered on the electoral lists as well as those relating to the expression of the vote shall be the subject, in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry, issued after consulting the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties, of automated processing of information carried…

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Article R713-59 of the French Commercial code

At the end of the count, the election organisation committee draws up minutes signed by its chairman and members and publicly proclaims the results of the elections. This proclamation takes place no later than seventy-two hours after the start of the count. The minutes are sent to the prefect. The lists of votes cast are sent to the prefect. They may be consulted at the prefecture by any requesting elector…

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Article R713-60 of the French Commercial code

The election of consular delegates may be contested by any voter and by the prefect under the conditions set out in articles L. 248, R. 119 to R. 122 of the electoral code. However, the five-day period provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 119 of this code runs from the proclamation of the results. An appeal may be lodged within one month with the administrative court of…

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