I think this is one area that isn't held to fraud laws because the promisee would be guilty of a crime as well. It is illegal, at least in the U.S. to buy/sell votes.
Ah, but it is not illegal for people to contribute funds to an election. If the candidate gleans funds based on willful misrepresentation of the truth or intent, that might well be considered fraud.
ovinomancer said:Nope, lying is protected speech as well.
Well, clearly it is not protected in all cases, or we'd not have "fraud" in the first place.
You could do all kinds of other things, like vote them out or even recall or impeachment, but nothing legally about them lying.
If there's nothing illegal about lying, you *can't* impeach them. Government officials are, for sake of convenience, often protected from direct legal actions against them. In order to accuse certain officials of legal wrongdoing, you have to go through the rest of the government first, and that process is impeachment.