Supreme Court Rules on Polling Blackout

Supreme Court Rules on Polling Blackout

Photo: Supreme Court. Credit: the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea.The polling blackout period is one of the interesting features of South Korean election law. Starting six days before an election, the Public Official Election Act 공직선거법 prohibits the publication of any opinion poll on political parties or candidates, in order to prevent the herding effect for voters. To circumvent this prohibition, some polling houses have resorted to chee…