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A Group of Citizens in the State of Zipzap Gets

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A group of citizens in the State of Zipzap gets enough valid signatures on a petition to put a referendum on the ballot that would require the state legislature to adopt a state holiday on Charles Dickens' birthday.An all-news radio station sells advertising time to those who favor the holiday,but refuses to sell time for advertisements against the holiday.The anti-Dickens group tells the station manager that under Section 315,the manager must give the group equal opportunity.Who is correct,and why?


A) the anti-Dickens group,because Section 315 requires equal opportunity
B) the anti-Dickens group,because the Section 315 requires broadcasters to be balanced in their presentations of ballot issues
C) the station,because the station does not have to give time to the anti-Dickens group if the pro-Dickens group bought time
D) the station,because Section 315 does not apply to ballot issues,only to political candidates

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