Broadcast moratorium should be scrapped, says election watchdog 

The commission's report says that 'at a time when online media and social media is so prevalent, these guidelines are now anomalous and open to potential exploitation'

The report is critical of the timelines allowed for the delivery of booklets on the referendums to every household, saying that deliveries were taking place just days before polling

The broadcast moratorium, which sees TV and radio stations banned from mentioning elections and referenda from 2pm the day before, should be scrapped, the country's election watchdog has said.

In its report on the family and care referendums, which were overwhelmingly defeated in March, the Electoral Commission says that the moratorium should be done away with before the next election.