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by Spivak 2194 days ago
I don't know how you do this fairly without infringing on non-political candidates right to free speech.

It seems a little nuts that I'm not allowed to endorse my preferred candidate because my endorsement has value and my candidate hit their cap.
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amelius 2193 days ago
Simple. Suspend the right to loud forms of free speech during political campaigns.

Or have an independent panel measure the media exposure of each candidate. Then compensate them accordingly.

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Spivak 2193 days ago
Easy, just revoke the most protected form of speech in the country during such times when that speech is most important. I don't think the Supreme Court is going to buy that one.
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amelius 2193 days ago
Why? Every candidate still gets some time-slots for stating their opinion. The point is that everybody gets the same amount of time.

And people who are not candidates and who want to express their opinion, they can: (1) vote, or (2) be a candidate. What they can't do is buy media time or advertisements, etc., which many wouldn't equate with "free speech" anyway.

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