Each page is accessible via its own link and address. Therefore, each webpage must include the disclaimer.
Quite frankly, I would never have interpreted the law this way, since the law says,
Radio, TV and print media communications must include disclaimers displayed conspicuously. Print media includes billboards, newspaper and magazine ads, mailings, fliers, email and websites. Printed pieces consisting of more than one page need bear the disclaimer only on one page or face. VA. CODE ANN. § 24.2-955.1 (defining “print media”).
However, I'm not in charge. The SBE is.
I will not insist that your campaign websites conform with this new ruling to be eligible for inclusion in my Campaign Websites page. From here on, I will list one link per candidate no matter what.
If you don't have a campaign website, but you do have a facebook page or a blog or whatever that, please send me ONE link to the site you would like me to include. I would prefer that it not be an official government site, but if that's all you've got, I'll accept it.
This "ruling" was in an e-mail from a staffer at SBE, in response to a question about disclaimers required on an opposition website. It may not be applicable to a candidate's own website, and it may be appealable. Better safe than sorry, though.
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