<P> In 1999, the "Stand By Your Ad" provision was brought up again, this time in the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly . The "Campaign Reform Act" S. 881 was ratified and signed into state law on 21 July 1999 . This required candidates or its campaign committee (in this example, for television ads) to: </P> <P> include a disclosure statement spoken by the candidate and containing at least the following words:' I am (or "This is ...") (name of candidate), candidate for (name of office), and I (or "my campaign ...") sponsored this ad .' This subdivision applies only to an advertisement that mentions the name of, shows the picture of, transmits the voice of, or otherwise refers to an opposing candidate for the same office as the sponsoring candidate . </P> <P> Following the perceived success of the "Stand By Your Ad" provision in North Carolina state law in reducing negative campaigning, similar measures were introduced into other state legislatures . Two years later, a bill was introduced in Congress to extend this provision to Federal law . It was eventually absorbed into the BCRA, which addressed the issue of financing of political campaigns, that was signed into law by George W. Bush on March 27, 2002 . </P> <P> Under Section 311 of the BCRA, Section 318 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d) was amended to include the "Stand By Your Ad" provision . Representative David Price of North Carolina proposed the amendment, modeling after the North Carolina law . Price stated that "The American people are sick of the relentlessly negative tone of campaigns, particularly in presidential races . "Stand by your ad" isn't just about restoring civility to campaigns . It's also about restoring people's faith in our political process ." </P>

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