{"id":2845,"date":"2024-02-03T20:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T01:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2024-02-04T07:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:43:26","slug":"election-campaign-video-policy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2845","title":{"rendered":"Election Campaign Video Policy &#8211; Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the Town Council agenda for 2\/5\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resolution #2024-03 \u2013 The Re-adoption of the Amended Election Campaign Videos Policy&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had asked about this policy at the 3\/6\/2023 Town Council meeting. In my opinion the policy is restrictive and favors incumbent since candidate campaign videos for local office can only be aired for two week prior to an election I called it the &#8216;2 week rule&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Candidate Video &#039;2 Week&#039; Rule\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGvRO5Tf-Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glenn Douglas asks to remove the &#8216;2 week&#8217; rule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 3\/20\/2023 Town Council meeting the council asked the Cable access Director to propose a changes to the Election Campaign Video Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Election Campaign Video Policy to be Reviewed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpUxe2s4EJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter XVI-A-Election Campaign Video Policy adopted by Town Councilors Tom Dolan, John Farrell, Tom Freda, Joe Green and Jim Butler on 3\/26\/2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten months later the Council is proposing minor amendments to the policy, but the &#8216;2 week rule&#8217; remains. PDF&#8217;s of the original and amended policy are below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Election-Campaing-Policy_02-05-204.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Election-Campaing-Policy_02-05-204.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fae8900b-9da8-46ee-9b92-be3bd34852ab\" href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Election-Campaing-Policy_02-05-204.pdf\">Election-Campaing-Policy_02-05-204<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Election-Campaing-Policy_02-05-204.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fae8900b-9da8-46ee-9b92-be3bd34852ab\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Chapter-XVI-A-Election-Campaign-Video-Policy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Chapter-XVI-A-Election-Campaign-Video-Policy.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-40a12e84-1b17-4247-9c6c-52b10cede0e9\" href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Chapter-XVI-A-Election-Campaign-Video-Policy.pdf\">Chapter-XVI-A-Election-Campaign-Video-Policy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Chapter-XVI-A-Election-Campaign-Video-Policy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-40a12e84-1b17-4247-9c6c-52b10cede0e9\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=1640\">Londonderry Restricts Local Candidates Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Town Council agenda for 2\/5\/2024 Resolution #2024-03 \u2013 The Re-adoption of the Amended Election Campaign Videos Policy&#8217; I had asked about this policy at the 3\/6\/2023 Town Council meeting. 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