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Article R723-11 of the French Commercial code

Each elector votes using a ballot paper that he or she drafts himself or herself. They may also use one of the printed ballot papers sent by certain candidates following the opinion of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13. This printed ballot paper may be altered by hand. Each voter places only one ballot paper in an envelope. The number of candidates designated by each elector on his…

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Article R723-12 of the French Commercial code

The prefect draws up a list of voters from whom he has received the envelope in which the votes were cast. The list is closed at 6 p.m. on the eve of the counting of votes in the first ballot. Any envelopes received after this time shall bear a reference to the date and time they were received at the prefecture and shall be retained by the prefect. The list…

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Article R723-13 of the French Commercial code

The postal vote attendance list is made up of the attendance list provided for in article R. 723-19. Failing this, a copy of the list of voters provided for in this article takes the place of the list of voters. At the close of the ballot, the secretary of the committee provided for in Article L. 723-13 shall write “postal vote” opposite the name of each voter on the voters’…

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Article R723-14 of the French Commercial code

The members of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 proceed with the counting of the ballot papers contained in the ballot box. The envelopes used to send the votes and the list of voters who have cast postal votes are attached to the list of voters and kept in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 723-23.

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Article R723-15 of the French Commercial code

The provisions of articles R. 49, R. 52, the first paragraph of Articles R. 54 and R. 59, Article R. 62, of the first paragraph of Article R. 63, and Article R. 68 of the Electoral Code apply to the electoral operations organised with a view to the appointment of the judges of the commercial courts. For the application of these provisions, the commission provided for in article L. 723-13…

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Article R723-16 of the French Commercial code

At the same time as the documents provided for in article R. 723-10, the prefect shall send the electors an instruction relating to the procedures for accessing the electronic voting system to which the elector must connect in order to vote, as well as the instruments enabling the expression of the vote in accordance with procedures guaranteeing its confidentiality. These tools enable the voter to be authenticated and the uniqueness…

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Article R723-17 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 R723-19 of the French Commercial code

On the day of the vote count, the chairman of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 prints the list of voters from the “voter file” processing. The chairman and one of the members of the committee each receive a separate counting key from the prefect, in a manner that guarantees confidentiality, enabling them to access the data in the file known as the “contents of the electronic ballot…

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Article R723-20 of the French Commercial code

The data relating to voters registered on the electoral roll as well as that 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 of the Interior, issued after obtaining the opinion of the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, of automated processing of information carried out on separate computer…

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