Question 15065 — elections and referendums

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Mrs Blandine Brocard questions the Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories on the validity of voter consultation operations by communities and the control of this by State representatives. Article R. 1112-18 of the general code of local authorities provides that the consultation of voters is organized under the conditions provided for by articles R. 1112-1 to R. 1112-17 applicable to the local referendum. The article R. 1112-7 provides that “two identical types of ballot papers, printed in black on white paper, one bearing the answer “YES” and the other the answer “NO”, are provided by the community which decided the referendum”. Article L. 1112-20 provides that “the voters indicate by yes or no whether they approve the draft deliberation or act presented to them”. Article R. 1112-6 provides that article R. 40 of electoral code relating to the distribution of voters into polling stations applies to local consultations and therefore that voters are distributed by order of the prefect into as many polling stations as required by local circumstances and the number of voters. However, during various voter consultation operations, ballots were offered with the words “FOR” and “AGAINST” followed by a sentence which does not represent either deliberation nor an act. Concerning the last consultation in February 2024 in Paris, the consultation took place in 222 polling stations while the prefectural decree of August 28, 2023 taken in application of article R. 40 of the electoral code distributes Parisian voters into 901 polling stations for all voting operations between January 1 and December 31, 2024. She would like to know the provisions it includes take so that the control of compliance with the legislation and regulations of these consultations or referendums is effective.

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1. 13 February 2024

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