Submitted on Tuesday 26th March 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 16th April 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Election results should be discarded and rerun if campaigns break electoral law
Election and Referendum campaigns have strict laws governing how much they may spend. This ensures a level playing field.
If an organisation breaks these laws they will have an unfair advantage.
Our democracy will die if results won by criminals, liars and cheats are allowed to stand.
There have been two cases in the last 5 years, in both cases the lawbreakers won.
During the 2015 General Election the Conservative party broke election law and won a majority in the House of Commons. Although they were fined £70,000 that is a small price to pay for 5 years in power.
During the 2016 EU Referendum Vote Leave exceeded the maximum spending by £500,000 but were fined just £20,000. As well as breaking spending laws they were fined by the ICO for sending nearly 200,000 spam texts.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament. The legality of elections and decisions to re-run elections are matter for the courts and the Electoral Commission, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.
You could start a new petition calling for an action that is the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament, for example calling for the Electoral Commission to be given enhanced powers to order the re-running of elections.
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