The referendum and the role of the Electoral Commission
McHarg, Aileen (2013) The referendum and the role of the Electoral Commission. Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum.
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On Wednesday, the Electoral Commission published its much anticipated reports on the question to be asked in the 2014 independence referendum and on campaign spending limits. On the referendum question, while the Commission found that the question proposed by the Scottish Government – ‘Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country? Yes/No’ – was easy to understand, to the point, not ambiguous, and did not mislead voters, there were nevertheless substantial concerns about the neutrality of the question. It therefore recommended a minor rewording – ‘Should Scotland be an independent country? Yes/No. It also recommended substantial increases on the campaign spending limits which had been proposed by the Scottish Government, in order to allow campaigning on a scale comparable to that for a Scottish Parliament election. Both recommendations were promptly accepted by the Scottish Government.
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Item type: Other ID code: 45731 Dates: DateEvent1 February 2013PublishedSubjects: Law > Law (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 Nov 2013 16:07 Last modified: 25 Apr 2024 10:26 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/45731