“The proposal that I defend is simple and symbolic, but its adoption would send a strong message. »» Sébastien Peytavie (Generation.s, Dordogne), first deputy in a wheelchair, was to present Wednesday March 12, in the National Assembly, a project to modify the regulation, intended to suppress the vote by “seated and raised”, so as not to exclude elected officials unable to stand. Second symbol, he filed this resolution with the president of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, on February 11, twenty years, day to the day, after the adoption of the law of 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, the participation and citizenship of people with disabilities.
According to article 63 of National Assembly Regulationexcept for personal appointments, the deputies vote by default by hand. In the event of a tight result, the session president may ask them, to decide between them, to get up or to sit. If doubt persists, an ordinary public ballot is proceeded, with an electronic voting case, or more rarely by the ballot in the gallery. The “seated and raised” vote is also the standard to close debates (article 57), and to decide on the censorship and the exclusion of a deputy (article 72).
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