The electoral control commission visited the site, and measures were taken to ensure the vote proceeds as planned, with no postponement at this stage.

A reprinting effort was launched to supply enough voting materials for election day in response to the degraded ballots.

Overall, the issue is being managed through reprinting and redistribution without delaying the first-round electoral process.

Imprinting companies were instructed to restart production in coordination with the affected candidates, under direction of the municipality.

Authorities reassured that the electoral process and schedules would remain intact despite the ballot damage.

There was no provided detail on the number of polling stations affected or any delays to voting hours beyond the standard schedule.

Authorities promptly dispatched the departmental election control commission to the scene and initiated reprinting of damaged ballots.

Printers would re-run to print replacement ballots, and damaged ballots would be redistributed to polling stations by the Sunday opening time.

The prefecture of Alpes-Maritimes and the mairie confirmed rapid reprint of the damaged ballots to be completed by Sunday morning and redistributed before polling stations open.

A weather-related incident damaged between a fifth and a quarter of municipal ballots in Nice during the first round of local elections, prompting immediate action.

Officials emphasized the incident would not jeopardize the organization or conduct of the first round, with about 228,000 registered voters in Nice affected.

Nice has 228,006 registered voters, and the damage occurred while the city was under yellow weather vigilance for rain and floods.