“Knowingly spreading falsehoods about an opponent undermines the integrity of our elections,” Cleary said. “As you can see in the current law, there is a phrase ‘electronic transmission,’ but given the expansion and use of these in communicating with voters, I felt it was appropriate to make that explicitly clear in Century Code.”
During debate on the bill, Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg, asked the bill’s carrier, Sen. Ryan Braunberger, D-Fargo, who would make the determination on what is “deceptive” or “misleading” for those communications.