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Campaign season advertisements make a lot of people groan, and a new round of them from Randall Terry, Independent candidate for President, are causing a different reaction.
Terry is registered to run in West Virginia, and because he is a federal candidate his ads can run in the states where he is on the ballot uncensored and unedited.
"Third-party ads, we're not required to run," explained Michele Crist, executive director of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. "When it comes to federal ads, when they are registered in this state, we are mandated.
"It is very cut and dry."
David Allen Barnette, general counsel to the...