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Electoral integrity, and more precisely freedom of voters to form an opinion and equality of opportunity, presupposes that voters have access to a plurality of information. If public discourse incites hatred or contains discriminatory statements, the risk is that popular will is formed on a distorted or manipulated basis, thus reducing the democratic quality of the electoral choice and the possibility of forming a full and informed opinion.