How to Implement it
The number of broadcasts offered to parties will be related to ‘proven
electoral support’. For example: A candidate for the State Assembly would have
to collect 750 contributions of $5 each to qualify.
Party Political Broadcasts for Primary elections will be allocated TV time
of y/c minutes for every y contributions of $5 each. For example the
rule might be c=100 and a candidate
collecting 800 contributions of $5 would earn 8 minutes of air time.
If a candidate wins a party's primary election, he'd receive additional air
time, based on the whole party's $5 contributions, to run in the general
election campaign.
These rules would be applied at the
National, State,
Regional, County and City level.
In addition, as States
are divided into "broadcast regions" if any political candidate
qualifies within that "broadcast region" then corresponding
regional broadcast time must be allocated.
Also time would be allocated to minority parties
"in relation to other key politically
broadcast events” such as the State of the Union, Addresses to the
Nation, Party Conferences etc...
In these (including Gubernatorial and Mayoral)
Elections the qualifying criteria would be that candidates must demonstrate
electoral support in prior $5 contributions
.