Rejected petition More powers to Electoral Commission to stop the misleading of voters

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

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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

This petition was rejected

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/138163

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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