In each commune, the mayor, with a view to drawing up the preparatory list for the annual list, publicly draws by lot from the electoral roll a number of names three times the number set by the prefectoral decree for the constituency. For the purposes of drawing up this preparatory list, persons who have not reached the age of twenty-three during the following calendar year will not be included.
When the prefectoral allocation order provides for a grouping of communes, the draw is carried out by the mayor of the commune designated in the prefectoral order. It is based on all the electoral rolls of the municipalities concerned.
In Paris, the draw is carried out, in each arrondissement, by the civil registrar designated by the mayor.