Referendum Commission calls for more notice for referenda

The Referendum Commission started printing its guide to last year’s blasphemy referendum a week before the Government had announced the polling day - because it feared it would not have enough time to produce the leaflets due to the delay in declaring the date.

Referendum Commission calls for more notice for referenda

The Referendum Commission started printing its guide to last year’s blasphemy referendum a week before the Government had announced the polling day - because it feared it would not have enough time to produce the leaflets due to the delay in declaring the date.

It has admitted that a late change of heart on the Government’s part could have rendered its information guides “unusable” but that it took a “pragmatic decision” to print early.

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