Election Overturned Because Candidate Made "False Statements"
Not in the USA but in Britain : The Independent reports that former British immigration minister Phil Woolas “lost his seat as an MP today after an election court ruled that he knowingly made false statements about an opponent in May’s general election.” Bloomberg notes Woolas was guilty of “an illegal practice” by making statements “he had no reasonable grounds for believing were true and did not believe were true.” “It is the first time in 99 years that an election has been overturned as a result of a candidate making false statements. Woolas told reporters he is applying for a judicial review of the decision.” Can you imagine if they enforced a law like that in the US? There wouldn’t be an election winner who would survive the challenge.
Election Overturned Because Candidate Made "False Statements"
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on November 5, 2010. Filed under