Some countries practice a blackout on all election news before or during voting.
Usually, this is a voluntary arrangement. This is almost always preferable, since the alternative would be for the regulatory body to intervene to prohibit coverage if the rule were breached - a less than happy outcome. In Israel, for example, which has the most extensive prohibition on campaign news, the Independent Broadcasting Authority is required to police its observance. 58 Estonian law divides its election campaign into four periods, with a blackout of election campaigning for three of them. In Barbados, the law requires that these be no direct access broadcast on the eve of the election, or on election day itself.