I.-The list of voters entered on the roll of the ordre concerned by the election, for each council, may be consulted by any voter at the head office of the organising council during the two months preceding the election. For elections to the departmental councils, it is also posted at the head office of the departmental council.
Within eight days of the list being made available for consultation, voters may submit complaints against entries or omissions to the president of the organising council. The president takes a decision within six days. His decisions are notified to the interested parties without delay by any means that enables the date of receipt to be determined.
II – An appeal against the decision of the president of the organising council may be lodged with the competent district court within three days of receipt of the notification.
The appeal to the court of first instance must be made in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 13 of the Electoral Code.
The court gives its final ruling within ten days of the matter being referred to it, after giving three days’ notice to all the parties. The court’s decision is notified by the registry within three days by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
The decision may not be contested.
It may be appealed to the Court of Cassation within ten days of notification of the District Court’s decision. This appeal is subject to the conditions set out in articles R. 15-2 to R. 15-6 of the Electoral Code.
The procedure is free of charge.
III – The list is definitively closed no later than three days before the date of the ballot by the president of the organising council. The president of the departmental council concerned is notified of any changes made pursuant to this article. For departmental council elections, these changes are posted at the head office.
Changes to the electoral roll made pursuant to this article may not result in a change in the number of seats to be filled.