Rejected petition Make it illegal to purposefully mislead voters in campaign adverts & literature

The EU referendum has proven that politicians cannot be trusted to tell the truth or represent the truth if it means they might lose the fight.
How can voters make responsible decisions without the facts?
Why would politicians speak clearly and openly if the law does not force them to do so?

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Why do we hold commercial advertising to a higher standard than political advertising?

It is outside the remit of the Advertising Standards Agency to oversee political adverts (https://www.asa.org.uk/News-resources/Media-Centre/2016/Political-advertising-complaints.aspx#.V23MyPR4XCQ)

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/154617

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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