How? 'Or' What ?
This is a step forward signed by Bernard Laporte.
As he had promised, he put an end to questionable votes, to the verdict determined by the elected large proxy holders who came to the Elective General Assembly with the briefcases full of the supposed powers of the presidents of the small amateur clubs of their fiefdoms. respective.
For the first time, it is these presidents themselves who will vote through decentralized, secure (by the Nantes-based company Voxaly, a subsidiary of La Poste) and anonymous electronic voting.
Regarding this last point, Voxaly has undertaken to ensure "the separation, at all times of the process, of information on the identity of the voters and the details of their vote".
It will also carry out a "secure safeguard of all the elements of the ballot in the event of recourse".
However, it is still possible to vote by mail or on site, in Marcoussis, during the elective General Assembly which is being held this Saturday.
Votes that will also be done electronically.
It is therefore sufficient to check a box on the computer after entering a personal, secure and one-time password.
"Rugby plays its future, it is at your fingertips", summarized Florian Grill.
When?
The site for electronic voting opens Friday October 2 at 8 a.m. and will be closed on Saturday October 3 at noon.
The new president of the FFR will be appointed immediately by the newly elected Steering Committee.
A Committee composed of 40 members, 38 according to the list system and two on the proposal of the Steering Committee of the National Rugby League (
professional rugby, Editor's note
).
The 38 elected members (with “obligation to allocate to women at least 25% of the seats to be filled, ie 10”) are so as follows: the list which obtains the majority of the votes will be initially allocated 20 seats .
The last 18 will be distributed between the two lists by proportional representation.
Depending on the composition of this Steering Committee, it will be easy to deduce the name of the new boss of the Federation.
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Who votes?
The initial electoral college is made up of 1,781 clubs representing 9,890 votes in total.
But to be able to exercise your electronic voting right, you had to register on the site.
81.98% of the clubs, representing 92.71% of the votes (or 9,169 votes), did so before the closing date for registrations on September 25.
The verdict will therefore be representative and democratic, knowing that many clubs have not registered because they represent… 0 votes.
The number of votes is in fact determined according to the number of players who have taken their license in the club concerned.
According to the following scale: from 0 to 14 licensees: 0 votes;
from 15 to 25 licensees: 1 vote;
from 26 to 150 licensees: 1 additional vote for every 25 licensees;
from 151 to 400 licensees: 1 additional vote per section of 50 licensees (or fraction of 50);
over 400 licensees: 1 additional vote for every 100 licensees or fraction of 100.
The 30 professional clubs also vote, but through their associations (therefore the amateur sections), holders of the club's affiliation number to the FFR.
All the Top 14 and Pro D2 clubs are big contributors to votes, between 12 and 14. The three biggest voters in France are, with 15 votes each, the Stade Français Paris (749 licensees), the Stade Toulousain (737) and Montpellier Hérault Rugby (733).
The votes of each club cannot be divided, they can only relate to a single candidate
The two largest leagues in number of licensees are those of Ile-de-France and Occitanie, with clubs which weigh in the vote.
Especially in Paris and its surroundings.
Thus the RC Courbevoie, the PUC, the Racing club of France or even Versailles, more than 600 licensees each, all have 14 votes.
The SCUF, the RCP 15, Suresnes, Vincennes, Montesson-Chatou or even Massy count for 13 votes each.
There are also surprises.
Thus, in the Grand Est League, the club of Illkrich Graffenstaden, and its 574 licensees, has 13 votes.
These voices cannot be split.
This means that each club must relate them to a single candidate, it cannot share them between Bernard Laporte and Florian Grill, the two contenders for the presidency of the FFR.
Who is watching?
The Commission for the Supervision of Electoral Operations (CSOE) ensured compliance with the stipulations provided for by the Statutes and Internal Regulations of the FFR: validity of the deposits of the two lists, Laporte and Grill, and regularity of the registrations of voters in the first place.
This CSOE is made up of senior magistrates: Christine Maugüé, State Councilor and President of the 7th chamber of the State Council;
Bernard Foucher, State Councilor, Honorary President of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Douai and former President of the Conference of Conciliators of the CNOSF;
Éric Maréchal, First President of the Angers Court of Appeal, former member of the formation of the headquarters of the Superior Council of Magistracy.
On Saturday, however, it will be an independent “election judge” who will be the “only one able to assess the regularity and sincerity of the ballot”.
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