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"[G]overnment regulation of the media is of crucial importance to a meaningful election campaign. While larger and better financed parties and candidates may be able to purchase media time or space, an equitable formula should be reached to permit all contestants reasonable access to public print and electronic media."

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Norwegian Helsinki Committee: Manual on Human Rights Monitoring: An Introduction for Human Rights Field Officers, p. 15

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Manual on Human Rights Monitoring: An Introduction for Human Rights Field Officers

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Access to the media should be guaranteed to all political parties and candidates and be fairly distributed.