While many will shrug it off, but if you stop and think for a moment, all of this is fairly fundamental to what it already a very thin form of democracy.
Legally it's fraud.
It's a potential clear breach of the rules, and without a rule of law, - elections cannot function.
It also raises very serious questions about the kind of country the UK is. It trades on its reputation for upholding rule of law, and for 'fair play' in international markets. It's why investors like the UK and London. This would be huge reputational damage.
But there is also a very clear case for saying the result was affected by these rule breaches, calling the entire outcome, including Brexit and all that has gone with it, into question.
Two other things make this more important than it first appears.
1. The 8 June date for the GE has been deliberately chosen because it is of significance in making it more difficult to conclude the cases. I cannot say whether this is accurate, but informed people are suggesting this influenced why May has chosen this date. In other words, she is worried and wants this to go away.
2. If you talking about legal cases against sitting MPs, allegations of cheating, the devious party, and if it becomes clear the choice of election date is about trying to close this down, I think that does put the Tories on the hook, makes them look very bad and could potentially be very politically damaging in ways that change the whole tone of debate around this GE. In a democracy you need some transparency, openness around this issue, otherwise the integrity of the whole system becomes increasingly questionable.
We are probably not going to get it, but what I am flagging is that everything May does and says should be viewed in this context.