The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is to launch a major report into the conduct of the EU referendum next Thursday (1September 2016).
The report: It's Good to Talk: Doing Referendums Differently After the EU Vote draws on unreleased BMG Research polling on public perceptions of the debate, as well as drawing on expert experience and comparisons from the Alternative Vote and Scottish referendums.
The ERS is calling for a systematic review into how we do referendums in the UK in the future The publication will make nine key recommendations to improve how referendums are conducted in the future, after what was widely viewed as a poor quality debate characterised by 'party spats' rather than real deliberation.
The recommendations will include tasking an official public body to intervene when misleading claims are made by the campaigns, for Ofcom to conduct a review into an appropriate role for broadcasters to play in referendums, and for grassroots citizen involvement at every stage – including alongside extensive pre-legislative scrutiny.
The report aims to be a definitive, long-term resource on the EU vote and a call to action to ensure lessons are learned from the EU referendum.
* Electoral Reform Society http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
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