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What form does the responsibility, if any, of the EMB to regulate media coverage of elections take?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 35
a. Placing limits on what the media may report about an election 7 20.0% Bahrain, Brazil, Djibouti, Algeria, Morocco, Malaysia, Somalia,
b. Requiring balance in media news coverage of an election 20 57.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bahrain, Brazil, Belarus, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Croatia, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Niger, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Seychelles, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen,
c. Placing limits on when the media may report about an election 8 22.8% Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brazil, Belarus, Germany, Algeria, Croatia, Malaysia,
d. Other (specify) 12 34.2% Albania, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Slovakia,


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