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ELECTORAL LAW PROVISION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Campaign material is subject to statutory regulation in terms of defamation, incitement to hatred etc, but there is no equivalent to the electoral law provision on false statements about candidates which led to the election petition in Oldham East and Saddleworth in November in 2010.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Dans ce jugement, la Cour canadienne constatait l’inconstitutionnalité d’une disposition du droit électoral canadien privant du droit de vote toute personne purgeant une peine d’emprisonnement égale ou supérieure à deux ans.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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