In no case involving the publication of paid advertisements for candidates for political office shall the rate charged by any publisher or proprietor of any newspaper be more than the average rate received by him from private patrons for similar advertising composed of reading matter or photographs and requiring the same amount of space.
W. Va. Code § 59-3-6
Political advertisements
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Opinion of the Justices to the Senate (1973)
Most recently applied in Opinion of the Justices to the Senate (July 1973)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.