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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Spending on advertising can be limited to ensure equality of opportunity.


Obligations

  • Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Election Parts

  • The Media

Issues

  • Free Airtime and Paid Advertising

Criteria

  • Limits on advertising spending (as political speech) were instituted only in the interests of promoting equality between candidates or parties

Quotes

  • The question of funding, and in particular of the need for it to be transparent, will be considered later. Spending by political parties, particularly on advertising, may likewise be limited in order to guarantee equality of opportunity.
  • The principle of equality of opportunity can, in certain cases, lead to a limitation of political party spending, especially on advertising.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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