Opinion of French Presidential campaign rules

[minionofmidas]

- Regarding candidacies : In order to declare candidacy, an individual has to collect the signatures of 500 elected officials (usually mayors). Signatures are to be submitted to the Constitutional Council for verification roughly five weeks before polling day.

Disapprove. Obviously.

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Way too high.

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Similar (not identical) to here... they could just do away with the tv spots entirely and no one would mind. Indeed, they should do that.

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Disapprove.

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where it belongs.

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ridic.

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Hmmm. Other countries seem capable of preventing stuff to get out. Journos and politicians here tend to have a rough idea of what the exit poll will say at 6 round about a quarter past five, and virtually never has anything leaked.

[minionofmidas]

What is, however, insanely archaic is having a ballot paper for each candidate instead of just one ballot like in every other civilized country. It's a total waste of paper to begin with, considering 90% of the ballots will end up in the trash.

As in, there's piles of papers, you pick one and put that in the ballot box? Do you need to fill out anything on it as well?
Strange as it sounds to me, IIRC it exists in some other countries as well. I know I've read such descriptions from elsewhere before.