Subsection 4: Postal voting.

For votes to be taken into account, the postmark will be taken as proof.

Voting envelopes are sent to the prefecture of the department in which the headquarters of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry is located, which draws up a summary statement. Under penalty of nullity of the vote, the envelopes in which the votes are sent shall contain the following information: 1° The name of the jurisdiction concerned by the election; 2° The words: “Election of consular delegates”; 3° The name…

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.

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…

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…