article_snippet.sent: A Ukip election candidate tried to 'corruptly influence' voters by giving them sausage rollsto 'corruptly influence' voters .
article_snippet.sent: Electoral Commission rules state food and entertainment cannot be provided by parliamentary candidates if parliamentary candidates provision is intended to influence votes - a criminal offence known as 'treating'.
article_snippet.sent: Under parliamentary rules allegations of treating is bribing people with food and drink.
article_snippet.sent: and I feel the main political parties will do anything the main political parties can to scrutinise everything about us.'
article_snippet.sent: There seems all sorts of cases in politics of people behaving badly and doing things wrong, abusing things positions. '
article_snippet.sent: if either before, during or after an election either before directly or indirectly give or provide any food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence any voter to vote or refrain from voting. '
article_snippet.sent: Treating requires a corrupt intent - it does not apply to ordinary hospitality.'
article_snippet.sent: Anyone found guilty of treating can be fined and imprisoned for up to a year.