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In Our View: Criminalizing election falsehoods misguided
The Columbian
Published: January 11, 2022, 6:03am
Gov. Jay Inslee is right to decry lies about free and fair elections being corrupted. But a proposal to criminalize such falsehoods by elected officials and candidates is misguided and would be nearly impossible to enforce.
“Soon, legislation will be introduced in the state House and Senate that would make it a gross misdemeanor for candidates and elected officials to knowingly lie about elections,” Inslee said in a statement last week, on the anniversary of an insurrection at the U.S.
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