- The head of the list of the National Gathering for Municipalities in Belfort, Marie-Laure Duchanoy, denounced this Monday "fascinating methods" after being struck off the electoral lists on the grounds that she does not live there.
- How to explain the decision of the electoral commission? "She does not live in Belfort but Taillecourt, in the Doubs", underlines the mayor of Belfort, who specifies not to be part of the said commission.
- Can Marie-Laure Duchanoy be a candidate? The question is not yet settled, especially since it encounters difficulties in compiling its list.
A radiation that does not pass. The head of the list National rally for municipal in Belfort Marie-Laure Duchanoy denounced this Monday to AFP "fascinating methods" after being struck off the day before the electoral lists on the grounds that she does not reside in the town.
"Ms. Duchanoy came to register on the electoral lists on December 31, 2019, our services sent him a registration letter and he returned to them with the mention" Does not live at the address indicated "," explained Belfort mayor Damien Meslot (LR), confirming information from L'Est Républicain .
"She does not live in Belfort but Taillecourt, in the Doubs"
How to explain the decision of the electoral commission? "She does not live in Belfort but Taillecourt, in the Doubs", continues the mayor of Belfort, who specifies that he is not part of the said commission. Marie-Laure Duchanoy only provided a handwritten lease dated December 1 for accommodation in Belfort, which does not in any case meet the installation conditions for at least six months required for registration on the lists electoral, added Damien Meslot.
For her part, the RN candidate explains that she did not put her name on her mailbox in Belfort "for obvious security reasons". This radiation does not theoretically prevent Marie-Laure Duchanoy from being a candidate, because the criteria to be registered on the electoral lists and to be eligible are not the same. A candidate can present himself in a municipality without being registered on the electoral lists if he is a taxpayer there.
A list still uncertain for the RN
The prefecture of the Territoire de Belfort indicated on Monday that it did not know if Marie-Laure Duchanoy met these "conditions of attachment", because it has not yet received its list and the supporting documents accompanying it.
In any event, the candidate is not sure that she will be able to compile a list before the deadline for submission, February 27. She said Monday that she was still missing names to complete her list. A situation that she describes as "very difficult, very tense". "If the list does not go up, the RN electorate could have been partly tempted by the Damien Meslot vote, but with these methods, he risks losing this electorate," she said.
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