Pacifica 2007 Fair Campaign Provisions
for Candidates in Local Station Board Elections


The Pacifica Foundation Bylaws require that every candidate for Delegate sign this statement indicating that they have read and understood these fair campaign provisions for the 2007 Local Station Board elections.

Any candidate who does not sign and abide by these provisions may be sanctioned by the National Elections Supervisor up to and including being removed from the ballot or otherwise having his or her candidacy voided. These provisions apply retroactively to prospective candidates beginning July 25, 2007.

  1. The Board of Directors, Local Station Boards, and committees thereof, may not, as a body, endorse any candidate for election as a Delegate. However, an individual Director or Delegate may endorse candidates.


  2. All candidates for election as a Listener-Sponsor Delegate shall be given equal opportunity for equivalent air time, including time for a statement by the candidate and a question-and-answer period with call-in listeners.


  3. No candidate may campaign using radio station air time, website space, email lists, staff services, equipment, meeting space or other Foundation resources not made equally available to all Delegate candidates in the same class of members.


  4. No candidate may engage in any act of physical violence or threats of violence against another candidate or any member of the Pacifica community.


  5. No candidate may use Foundation or radio station resources to publicly attack another candidate, station staff or management, or the Foundation.


  6. Official Foundation or radio station logos may not be used on any website where reference to a specific candidate is made, either explicitly or via hyperlink to another web page. Candidate websites may not include the word “Pacifica” or the station call letters or frequency numbers in the URL.


  7. All candidates are encouraged to focus on promoting the qualifications, experiences and viewpoints they offer to the governance of the Pacifica Foundation and to support the spirit of Pacifica’s Mission Statement.