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New Hampshire committee hears debate over removing 'political' label from print ads
Summary
Representatives pushed to remove a required "political ad" header from newspapers, periodicals and billboards in House Bill 107; witnesses and committee members expressed sharply divided views about transparency and disproportionate penalties for inadvertent omissions.
Representative Christine Perez, sponsor of House Bill 107, told the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee that the bill would remove a requirement that print political advertising carry the words “political ad” at the top and instead leave the statutory “paid for by” disclosure at the bottom.
Perez said the change is intended to protect very small, local newspapers after a Londonderry weekly was prosecuted for failing to put the header on several ads. “This eliminates that responsibility,” Perez said, adding that “people still have to put ‘paid for by’,” which she identified as statutorily required.
The bill drew opposition from residents and a nonprofit. Linda Bundy of…
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