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Make repeating false claims in an election campaign a criminal offence

Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016

Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make repeating false claims in an election campaign a criminal offence

Petition Details

The brexit leave campaign continued to headline false claims long after independent sources showed them to be incorrect. This distorted the result of the referendum.

Additional Information

BBC Reality Check showed the headline claims of the cost of membership and the prospect of Turkey joining the EU were incorrect.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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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