At least 20 states have laws against lying on the campaign trail.
So why do so many candidates get away with it?
In Ohio, which is one of those 20 states, a prosecutor can't bring charges against a candidate unless a complaint is filed with the state's election commission, The Plain Dealer reported last week.
And that commission hasn't referred one false statement case to a county prosecutor in a decade.
"We don't just want to do it willy-nilly," Ohio Elections Commission Executive Director Philip Richter said. "Prosecutors have a very difficult job and should be prosecuting criminals, not chasing after false statements in campaign materials in our opinion, unless it's particularly egregious."
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