Question 15006 — elections and referendums

Summary

Mrs. Véronique Ludmann draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the persistent inconsistency of the rules for reimbursement of electoral propaganda costs in small municipalities. The law of May 21, 2025 introduced the parity list vote for municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants in order to modernize local democratic life. However, the system for handling bulletins and circulars has not followed this reform, remaining limited to municipalities exceeding the threshold of 1,000 inhabitants. The MP is concerned about the resulting breakdown in fairness. The move to list voting actually professionalizes the campaign: it requires the drafting of collective projects and the printing of standardized documents, the cost of which now weighs heavily on the personal funds of the candidates. In rural areas, where commitment is sometimes fragile, basing the cost of pluralism on the private assets of citizens is a signal of disinterest in local democracy. It refutes the idea that the geographical proximity of voters would exempt the State from its financial responsibilities. The defense of republican order and the vitality of villages require that civic engagement not be a prohibitive financial burden. The State cannot, on the one hand, impose obligations of parity and structuring of lists and on the other, refusing to assume the material costs which are the direct corollary. She therefore asks him if the Government finally intends to align the conditions for reimbursement of propaganda costs for municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, thus guaranteeing that access to the municipal council no longer depends on the contributory abilities of the candidates.

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