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All Friedman can attest to is what he saw and heard when traveling to Europe.

But, as the Twickenham regulars can attest, there have been plenty of those.

The mayor of Rancho Santa Margarita and a City Council candidate in Fullerton recently pleaded guilty to filing false affidavits attesting that they had personally collected and witnessed signatures on their nominating papers.

And precedents are there to be broken – as recent British political history attests to.

Rancho Santa Margarita Mayor Carol Gamble is no longer seeking reelection after admitting she attested to an inaccurate statement on nomination papers.