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two mayors of the gers denounce the cancellation of the votes in their commune Two mayors of the Gers denounce the invalidation of the votes of their communes in the second round of the presidential election: one of them asked the Constitutional Council to “remove the opprobrium and the discredit” thrown at the municipalities. According to these Gers mayors, the cumulative votes of their municipalities represent 15% of all invalidated votes nationwide. The 1,974 votes cast in Eauze, as well as the 894 in Nogaro were canceled, because the delegate magistrate of the Constitutional Council “found, during her visit, that only one member of the polling station was present”, specified the institution on Wednesday in its announcement of the results. “The Council relies on this false and deleterious report. It says that there was only one person per polling station, that’s nonsense!”, declared the mayor of Eauze, Michel Gabas, to an AFP correspondent. “When she came, I was at the Day of Deportees for 40 minutes, to lay flowers in front of the memorial tomb. Four deputies were present at the polling station at that time,” he said. He wrote to the President of the Constitutional Council to express his “surprise”, his “dismay” and his “incomprehension”, condemning the “diverted interpretation” of the magistrate, “obviously tarnishing the reputation and the seriousness of an entire city “. The mayor of Nogaro, Christian Peyret, added: “When the magistrate came, I was in front of the room and as president of the polling station, I was discussing with the inhabitants”. “She told me that my place was inside and not in front, in a vehement, impolite tone. I did not think that we would go as far as the invalidation of the ballot”, he said. lamented.