Annexes II

Title I

DRAWING UP THE ELECTORAL LIST

I-1. The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre draws up the list of voters and eligible persons for each college in accordance with the provisions of this appendix and Articles A. 114-1 to A. 114-3.

I-2. The director of the centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive organises the publication of these lists, in particular by posting. Any complaints must be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within eight days of the publication date, to the director of the centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive. The latter will rule on the merits of the complaints and draw up the final electoral list within the same timeframe.

Title II

ORGANISATION OF VOTING OPERATIONS

II-1. Timetable for voting operations.

The timetable for voting operations is set as follows:

-posting and publication of the electoral lists at least thirty days before the date of the ballot;

-filing of nomination papers at least twenty-one days before the date of the ballot;

-distribution of voting material, within the establishment, at least fifteen days before the date of the ballot;

-counting of all ballot papers on the same day as the ballot;

-proclamation of the results on the same day as the ballot.

II-2 a. Material organisation.

Declarations of candidacy, specifying the names of the full and alternate candidates, shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or lodged with the Director against receipt.

Each nomination must include both a full member and a substitute member.

Candidates may include a profession of faith with their application.

II-2 b. Voting materials.

The preparation of ballot papers and envelopes for the vote, which must be of a single model, particularly when the centre comprises several sites, is the responsibility of the director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre.

The centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive shall send to the voters, in good time, in an envelope addressed to them:

- the ballot papers;

- a copy of this appendix;

- where applicable, the candidates' professions de foi.

For persons absent from the establishment during this period, for whatever reason, a mailing with acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to the voter's home, at least seven days before the closing date of the ballot.

II-2 c. Polling station.

Voters must exclusively use the voting material provided by the centre.

The vote, on pain of nullity, must be cast using a single ballot paper bearing no erasures, distinctive signs or overwriting. This ballot paper shall be slipped by the voter into an envelope which, likewise, must not bear any sign of recognition.

On-site voting takes place at each of the centre's sites on polling day.

Postal voting is permitted for all voters. All postal votes are sent to the post office box opened for this purpose at the post office of the headquarters site of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre.

Postal votes are collected en bloc from the post office at the centre's head office, the day before the date set for on-site voting.

For votes sent by post, the outer envelope (envelope no. 1), with pre-stamped postage, must not contain any words other than those pre-printed. A second envelope (envelope no. 2), into which a third envelope (envelope no. 3) containing the ballot paper is slipped, must show, legibly written: the surname, first name, college to which it belongs and the voter's signature.

Voters who are unable to vote in person have the option of exercising their right to vote through a proxy, by giving him or her written power of attorney to vote in their place.

The proxy must be registered on the same electoral roll as the principal. No person may hold more than two proxies.

Electoral operations take place publicly in an easily accessible room where the freedom and secrecy of the vote are ensured, under the supervision of a polling station made up, for each of the sites of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre, of a chairman and two assessors chosen by the director of the centre from among the voters.

The ballot papers and the necessary envelopes are placed on a table separate from the one where the ballot box is placed.

Passage through the polling booth is compulsory.

Voters are asked to sign an enrolment list before the ballot paper is placed in the ballot box. Voters must be able to prove their identity.

Prior to the start of on-site voting at the centre's headquarters site, postal votes are counted.

The names of the voters from whom these envelopes originate are entered on the lists.

The following envelopes are set aside unopened:

- envelopes No. 2 unsigned or not bearing the surname, first name and college of the voter or on which these particulars are illegible;

- envelopes No. 3 or ballot papers found in envelope No. 1 without envelope No. 2.

Cause the voter's vote to be invalid:

- multiple No. 2 envelopes arriving under the signature of the same voter;

- No. 3 envelopes bearing a distinctive word or sign;

- multiple No. 3 envelopes arriving under the same No. 2 envelope;

- ballot papers found in the No. 2 envelope without the No. 3 envelope.

The envelope containing the ballot paper is inserted into the ballot box.

Title III

RESULTS

III-1. Counting operations.

The vote counting operations are carried out publicly at the polling station.

The chairman of the polling station shall ensure that there are enough scrutineers to ensure that the votes are counted. The number of scrutineers must be at least equal to the number of persons constituting the polling station.

As soon as the ballot closes, the polling station checks that the number of envelopes collected in the ballot box is equal to the number of votes cast on the voters' list.

Each member of the polling station signs the voters' list.

The count takes place immediately afterwards.

In particular, the following are considered invalid:

- empty envelopes;

- ballot papers found in the ballot box without an envelope;

- ballot papers or envelopes that do not conform to the standard model;

- ballot papers or envelopes bearing a distinctive sign, overwriting or erasures;

- different ballot papers contained in the same envelope.

For each of the colleges, the candidate or, for centres with two representatives from the second college, the candidates with the highest number of votes, together with his or their alternate(s), shall be declared elected; in the event of a tie in the number of votes obtained, the oldest candidate or candidates shall be elected.

The results of on-site voting at sites other than the centre's headquarters are recorded in minutes signed by the chairman and his assessors. These minutes are immediately communicated, by fax or scanned document transmitted by email, to the president of the polling station at the centre's head office site.

The final results are declared by the president of the polling station at the centre's headquarters and recorded in a summary report of the vote signed by the president and the assessors. Invalid ballot papers and envelopes that have been discarded without being opened are appended to the minutes.

The minutes state:

1. The number of registered voters;

2. The number of electors voting;

3. The number of blank or invalid ballot papers;

4. The number of votes cast;

5. The number of votes received by each candidate;

6. The difficulties and incidents that occurred.

A copy of these minutes is posted by the director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre.

III-2. Disputes.

Challenges to the validity of the electoral operations are brought before the director of the centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive within five days of the proclamation of the results.

The latter must give a ruling within a period of eight days, after which the request is deemed to have been rejected.