Question 9910 — elections and referendums

Summary

No provision of the electoral code prohibits the presence of the emblem of a municipality on circulars and ballot papers. For example, the Council of State validated the use of a city's coat of arms on leaflets and ballot papers for candidates in municipal elections (CE, March 1990, Municipal elections of Givet, and CE, September 25, 1990, Municipal elections of Ostwald). It should be noted, however, that the code of intellectual property, through its article L.122-4 states that: “Any representation or reproduction in whole or in part made without the consent of the author or his successors or assigns is unlawful. The same applies to translation, adaptation or transformation, arrangement or reproduction by any art or process.” Furthermore, this logo must only be in one color since article R. 30 of the electoral code provides that “the ballot papers must be printed in a single color on white paper”.

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