More powers to Electoral Commission to stop the misleading of voters

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

We call on the government that:
-In the event of evidence that campaigning “facts” are proven false & intended to mislead in order to prejudice a vote result; any such vote will be be investigated as election Fraud.
-Only officially recognised campaigns may campaign during elections & referendums

During the recent EU referendum we had a campaign where both sides produced misleading ‘facts’ & blatant lies on which many voters based their voting decision.

Promises were made which have no statutory or government accountability, and many voters will have based their decision on these promises.

We also had non official groups publicly campaigning, issue leaflets and posters as a way to bypass spending limits set for the 2 officially recognised campaigns.

This should not have happened

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Regulate political campaign material and communications

Timeline

25 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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