Article R1112-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 6, 2023
For their application in Corsica, references to the region are replaced by references to the collectivity of Corsica.
For their application in Corsica, references to the region are replaced by references to the collectivity of Corsica.
The information pack provided for in article LO 1112-8 is made available to the public by the territorial authority that has decided on the local referendum at least fifteen days before the ballot. For a referendum decided by a commune, the information pack is made available to the public at the town hall and, where applicable, in the ancillary town halls. The electors of the commune are informed by any…
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…
Posters with a propaganda purpose or character that include a combination of the three colours: blue, white and red are prohibited.
The maximum number of sites reserved for election posters, apart from those established next to polling stations, is set at: – five in communes with 500 or fewer electors; – ten in others, plus one per 3,000 electors or fraction exceeding 2,000 in communes with more than 5,000 electors. A billboard will be allocated by lot to each of the authorised elected representatives, political parties or groupings.
The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to preparatory polling operations and the conduct of voting operations: 1° Article R. 40 relating to the division of voters into polling stations; 2° Article R. 41 relating to polling times; 3° Article R. 42 relating to the composition of the polling station; 4° Article R. 43 relating to the chairmanship of this office; 5° Article R. 44 relating to the…
Two identical types of ballot papers, printed in black on white paper, one bearing the answer “YES” and the other the answer “NO”, shall be supplied by the authority having decided on the referendum, in a number equal to that of the registered voters within the jurisdiction of the organising authority. They are sent to the town hall at the latest on the Tuesday preceding the poll. The ballot papers…
The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to the vote count and results proclamation operations: 1° Article R. 63 relating to the organisation of the count; 2° Article R. 64 relating to the role of scrutineers and members of the bureau; 3° Article R. 65 relating to the appointment of scrutineers; 4° Article R. 65-1 relating to the grouping of envelopes by hundred; 5° Article R. 66 relating…
The results of the ballot are recorded in two minutes drawn up on forms provided by the territorial authority that decided on the referendum. They are signed by the members of the bureau. The delegates of the elected groups, parties or political groupings entitled to do so are invited to countersign the copies of the minutes. As soon as the minutes have been drawn up, the result is proclaimed in…
For a referendum decided by a commune, the result is publicly proclaimed by the president of the first polling station and immediately posted by the mayor. A copy of the minutes, to which are attached with their annexes the minutes of the voting operations in the polling stations, is sent to the representative of the State in the department or the collectivity.
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