J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jun 12, 2024 19:18:28 GMT
Will this be a problem? Is it allowed? A single candidate standing in multiple constituencies is explicitly unlawful. However that may not be what is happening. Note that the 'Niko Omilana' candidacies all seem to give home addresses in the constituency in which they're standing, which would be difficult if they are the same person. What would help illuminate things is that the full nomination form also requires the candidate to state a date of birth - if these are not the same then plainly the candidates are not all the same person. There are a number of criminal offences potentially engaged here but without further information not publicly available, it's difficult to say if there is a clear indication of which specific one appears to have been broken (if any). In related but different circumstances I was informed that such information is *not* made public, you have to physically travel to the election office and use the Mark One eyeball. |
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Post by johnloony on Jun 12, 2024 19:34:14 GMT
They aren't "known as" names - the Notice of Election Agents would show if they were people using "known as" to appear under a different name on the ballot paper, and in every case I have seen, it names the candidate as Niko Omilana. In that case, it's 11 different people legitimately (but deliberately confusingly) calling themselves "Niko Omilana", or it's Niko Omilana himself being incredibly arrogant and/or thick in not realising that it's illegal and/or thinking that he won't get caught. I don't know anything about Niko Omilana apart from the fact that he stood for Mayor of London in 2021, but I guess the former not the latter. |
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Post by birkinabe on Jun 12, 2024 19:38:00 GMT
I've seen that at least one of the people standing as 'Niko Omilana' (unsure if here or elsewhere) outside of Sunak's constituency (where the actual Niko Omilana is standing) has indeed been found to be someone else after further digging.
Social media may well encourage these stunts to happen more often. One to consider. Indeed, I suspect this is all part of a prank set up by Omilana himself for a YouTube video. |
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Post by carlton43 on Jun 12, 2024 21:54:49 GMT
Will this be a problem? Is it allowed? A single candidate standing in multiple constituencies is explicitly unlawful. However that may not be what is happening. Note that the 'Niko Omilana' candidacies all seem to give home addresses in the constituency in which they're standing, which would be difficult if they are the same person. What would help illuminate things is that the full nomination form also requires the candidate to state a date of birth - if these are not the same then plainly the candidates are not all the same person. There are a number of criminal offences potentially engaged here but without further information not publicly available, it's difficult to say if there is a clear indication of which specific one appears to have been broken (if any). Surely they will have affirmed that 'they are thus ordinarily known as' which was a lie at the time they each made that affirmation? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 12, 2024 22:03:36 GMT
A single candidate standing in multiple constituencies is explicitly unlawful. However that may not be what is happening. Note that the 'Niko Omilana' candidacies all seem to give home addresses in the constituency in which they're standing, which would be difficult if they are the same person. What would help illuminate things is that the full nomination form also requires the candidate to state a date of birth - if these are not the same then plainly the candidates are not all the same person. There are a number of criminal offences potentially engaged here but without further information not publicly available, it's difficult to say if there is a clear indication of which specific one appears to have been broken (if any). Surely they will have affirmed that 'they are thus ordinarily known as' which was a lie at the time they each made that affirmation? As previously noted, none of the candidatures uses the 'known as' provision. They all assert that their name is actually Niko Omilana. |
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Post by carlton43 on Jun 12, 2024 22:09:48 GMT
Surely they will have affirmed that 'they are thus ordinarily known as' which was a lie at the time they each made that affirmation? As previously noted, none of the candidatures uses the 'known as' provision. They all assert that their name is actually Niko Omilana. Do you not agree that permitting such nonsense is something that should be legislated away or eliminated by simply redrawing the rules very much more tightly? |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jun 12, 2024 22:12:28 GMT
A test case for the Electoral Commission and whichever department electoral law falls into this time around.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jun 12, 2024 23:50:26 GMT
I don't know if I'm relieved or disappointed that I was selected for Doncaster North instead of Leeds South.  |
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