This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Introduce rules to regulate material & claims made in any election / referendum
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Currently there are no powers to regulate or enforce campaign material, and holding people to account for false information being used. We require law / legislation to be passed to stop this happening, and introduce a regulator to oversee campaign material.
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