Update: Citizens' Assembly calls for electoral reforms to encourage higher participation

Update 4pm: The Citizens' Assembly has backed calls for a permanent Electoral Commission to oversee how referendums are run here.

Update 4pm: The voting age should be dropped to 16 and referendums should be held on weekends to encourage higher turnout, the Government has been told.

The specially-convened Citizens' Assembly held a series of debates and votes on the subject with all 99 members backing a proposal for referendums to take place on Saturdays or Sundays.