Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Class the deceit used in the EU referendum campaigning as election fraud
The electorate was deliberately misled and many are now discovering they have voted for something different to what they thought they were voting for. We are outraged by this dishonest campaigning, and believe it should be treated in the same way as election fraud, and the result disregarded
Many of the core arguments used in the campaign have been proven to be false or admitted to being incorrect post referendum. These include the immediate impact on the UK economy; the weekly UK cost of EU membership; and promises that all retained money would be spent on the NHS. Other persuasive misconceptions were also peddled during the campaign, such as a separate UK being certain to significantly limit immigration and the European parliament being unelected.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Electoral fraud is already defined in law, and can involve criminal offences. You can find out more about electoral fraud here:
http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/149729/List-of-electoral-offences.pdf
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