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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 56.14A NEW ADVERTISING BEFORE
1 2 ELECTION – RESTRICTIONS.
1 3 A candidate or a candidate's committee shall not, within
1 4 the five-day period which immediately precedes the election in
1 5 which the candidate is seeking office, publish, distribute, or
1 6 cause to be published or distributed, published material
1 7 designed to promote or defeat the election of the candidate or
1 8 the candidate's opponent unless the material was previously
1 9 published or distributed during the period of time which
1 10 preceded that five-day period. For purposes of this
1 11 subsection, "published material" includes "published material"
1 12 as defined under section 56.14 and paid political
1 13 announcements broadcast through electronic media including,
1 14 but not limited to, radio, television, or computer networks.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill prohibits candidates or candidate's committees
1 17 from publishing certain forms of new political advertising
1 18 during the five-day period which immediately precedes the
1 19 election for office. The political advertising covered under
1 20 the new prohibition includes advertising in newspapers,
1 21 magazines, shoppers, on outdoor advertising facilities,
1 22 posters, direct mailings, brochures, or any other form of
1 23 printed general public political advertising, as well as paid
1 24 political announcements broadcast through electronic media. A
1 25 violation of the prohibition against new advertising is a
1 26 serious misdemeanor under Code section 56.16, punishable by a
1 27 fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500 and possible
1 28 imprisonment not to exceed one year.
1 29 LSB 2461SV 77
1 30 lh/jw/5
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