FRNCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marine Le Pen, Julie Gayet, Emmanuel Macron
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Voting in france: vote on sundays. Electronic voting exists, standard = paper ballad: vote taker yells "you voted" in french o o. Unable to go to polls, prison, they can sign off someone else to vote for them. 90% + in 2012: us: you need to fill out a form o o o. If you moved, then you need to make an effort to change voting districts: media restrictions. Restrictions on all media - print, audio, visual. Equal coverage, everyone gets 43 min air time. Have people tracking min spent - but still can"t account for everything, Audio/visual commercial advertising prohibited from 3 months before election. Print ads are further restricted to 6 months pre-election. No real-time coverage or rolling vote counts, decision released at 8 pm. Prosecuted if released before 8 pm vote o. Campaigns restricted money to spend at tens of millions. Candidates can be reimbursed (up to 47. 5%) if they earn 5% of the first-round.