Subsection 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations

The appeals provided for in article L. 2122-10-11 shall be lodged after the ballot, within a period of fifteen days from the posting of the results referred to in article R. 2122-92 by any elector or any representative of a candidate organisation in the region for which the appeal is lodged, on pain of inadmissibility. The appeal is lodged with the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the regional voting commission…

Voters who are minors may lodge an appeal against the conduct of the electoral process without the authorisation of their legal representative.

The challenge is made by petition under the conditions set out in articles 54 and 57 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The Court shall give its decision within one month of the date of referral to it, after having notified all interested parties fifteen days in advance by delivery against receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. If the signed acknowledgement of receipt is not returned to the court registry, the notification is deemed to have been made at the parties’ domicile on the day it is first presented….

The decision of the judicial court may be the subject of an appeal to the Court of Cassation lodged, investigated and judged under the conditions provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure in matters of professional elections. The parties are exempted from the requirement to appear before the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation.

The time limits set by articles R. 2122-93, R. 2122-96 and R. 2122-97 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640, 641 and 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.