Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it a criminal offence to tell lies in a referendum campaign
We, the undersigned, believe that the making of untrue and misleading statements severely influenced the recent EU referendum result. We call on the Government to extend the Representation of the People Act to make this a crime, as it already is in an election campaign.
It is a crime under the Representation of the People Act to make false or misleading statements about a candidate in an election to influence the result of a poll. The Act doesn't extend this protection to referendum campaigns.
I believe the British people have the right to make informed decisions and that making statements such as "We send £350 million a week to the EU and will spend it on the NHS," which is now described as a "mistake", is toxic to our democracy and shouldn't be allowed.
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