It’s not strictly enforced. Exit polls published outside France are collected inside France. Those who collect with clear intent to immediately publish are subject to French law, and may be fined. Which, from what you are saying, does not happen.
> I am not sure I understand that point
I am not sure how to explain it better. You should not both demand lawful election and circumvent electoral laws at the same time. You can, and people do, but it’s not a strong position.
> Those who collect with clear intent to immediately publish are subject to French law, and may be fined
Exit polls are legal. Publishing them is not. They are published by non-French entities, which cannot be fined because of some internal law of ours.
> You should not both demand lawful election and circumvent electoral laws at the same time. You can, and people do, but it’s not a strong position
The rules are from the times where information was provided by printed newspapers, radio and TV. It is time to realize that we are in a different world and adapt.
If we allow foreign newspapers to publish data (because we cannot forbid that), we should give an equal chance to the French ones.
It’s not strictly enforced. Exit polls published outside France are collected inside France. Those who collect with clear intent to immediately publish are subject to French law, and may be fined. Which, from what you are saying, does not happen.
> I am not sure I understand that point
I am not sure how to explain it better. You should not both demand lawful election and circumvent electoral laws at the same time. You can, and people do, but it’s not a strong position.