Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

For each election, electronic voting operations are supervised by a national electronic voting office, the chairman of which is appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health. This board is made up of two representatives from each health professional union organisation standing for election and two representatives from the Ministry of Health. The secretariat of the committee is provided by the representatives of the Ministry of Health.

The list of full and alternate members of the electronic voting committee is published by order of the Minister for Health.

The Electronic Voting Bureau may only validly deliberate if at least four of its members are present. In the event of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote. If the chairman is absent or unable to attend, he is replaced by the oldest member present.

The e-voting committee ensures that the electoral process runs smoothly and verifies the effectiveness of the security measures in place to ensure the secrecy of the vote, the sincerity of the ballot and the accessibility of the ballot.

It meets in order to carry out the operations provided for in articles R. 4031-34-2, R. 4031-34-3 and R. 4031-34-4 and, when convened by its Chairman, as required during the electoral operations.

The Electronic Voting Office may, at any time, ensure the integrity and availability of the voting system and the files provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 4031-21. It is competent to take any information and safeguard measures, including the temporary or definitive cessation of electronic voting operations if it considers that their sincerity, secrecy or accessibility are no longer guaranteed.

Every facility shall be granted to the e-voting office to enable it to ensure the effective monitoring of electronic voting operations. It may, as necessary, refer any questions relating to the conduct of these operations to the authorities and, where applicable, to the service providers responsible for organising them.

It is automatically and immediately informed of any technical intervention on the voting system.

Those responsible for automated processing delegate one or more experts to the e-voting office to advise it on the operation of the electronic voting system and any events that may occur during the electoral process.

Minutes are kept of the electronic voting, consisting of numbered pages. Any event occurring during the ballot, any decision taken by the e-voting office and any action taken on the voting system are immediately recorded in the minutes and the integrity of the record is guaranteed.

Any voter, candidate or delegate may consult the minutes and record their observations on the electronic voting operations.

The procedures for accessing the electronic voting system and the general operation of the ballot are communicated to voters on the website of the Ministry of Health, in the week following publication of the order provided for in article R. 4031-19.