34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates?

"Current legislation does not offer any guarantees or benchmarks for access to the media. Such regulation should be considered. It could require that all media outlets provide political parties the same opportunity to purchase prime-time advertising at the same cost or it could stipulate a certain amount of free advertising."  Source: Organization of American States, Final Report of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the General Elections in the Commonwealth of Dominica, 2009

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