 Candidates running for a seat in the French parliament have a closing window to campaign ahead of Sunday's first round votes. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports French election law mandates a 24-hour campaign news blackout ahead of voting. All campaigning and political programming stops at midnight Friday. Polls open Sunday morning. The politics free time is meant to give voters the space to reflect on their choice without outside influence. Polls currently put the far right in the lead, followed by the left-wing coalition. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party is in third place.