                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIO ADVERTISEMENTS SPONSORED BY A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (§ 24.2-958.1)

It shall be unlawful for a candidate or a candidate campaign committee to
sponsor a radio advertisement that constitutes an expenditure or contribution
required to be disclosed under Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) unless all of
the following requirements are met:

1. The advertisement shall include the statement &#8220;Paid for by ______ [Name
of candidate or candidate campaign committee as it appears on the statement of
organization].&#8221; Alternatively, if the advertisement makes no reference to
any clearly identified candidate other than the candidate who is sponsoring the
advertisement or whose campaign committee is sponsoring the advertisement, then
the statement &#8220;Paid for by ______  [Name of candidate or candidate
campaign committee as it appears on the statement of organization]&#8221; may be
replaced by the statement &#8220;Authorized by ______ [Name of candidate or
candidate campaign committee as it appears on the statement of
organization].&#8221;

2. If the advertisement supports or opposes the election or nomination of a
clearly identified candidate other than the sponsoring candidate or supports or
opposes the election or nomination of the sponsoring candidate and makes
reference to another clearly identified candidate, it must include a disclosure
statement spoken by the sponsoring candidate containing at least the following
words: &#8220;I am (or &#8216;This is ______ &#8216;) [Name of candidate],
candidate for [Name of office], and this ad was paid for by (or &#8216;sponsored
by&#8217; or &#8216;furnished by&#8217;) [Name of candidate or candidate
campaign committee as it appears on the statement of organization].&#8221;

3. The disclosure statement shall last at least two seconds and the statement
shall be spoken so that its contents may be easily understood. The placement of
the oral disclosure statement shall also comply with the requirements of the
Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA7; 315 and 317.

4. In its oral disclosure statement, the candidate or the candidate campaign
committee may choose to identify an advertisement as either supporting or
opposing the nomination or election of one or more clearly identified
candidates.

5. If an advertisement is jointly sponsored, the disclosure statement shall
include the names of all the sponsors and the candidate shall be the disclosing
individual. If more than one candidate is the sponsor, at least one of the
candidates shall be the disclosing individual.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 487, § 24.2-944; 2004, cc. 55, 457; 2005, c. 369; 2006, cc.
787, 892; 2020, c. 615.