Flynn
30-Jan-13, 14:37
Alex Salmond (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/alexsalmond)'s preferred referendum question on Scottish independence (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/scottish-independence) has been rejected by the Electoral Commission (http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/), which has recommended using a more neutral question.The elections watchdog said the Scottish first minister's choice of question – "Do you agree that Scotland (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/scotland) should be an independent country?" – was biased in favour of a yes vote and should be dropped.
After testing the issue with voters and language experts, it recommended the question put to Scotland's 4 million voters in the autumn of 2014 be changed to: "Should Scotland be an independent country: yes/no?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/30/alex-salmond-scottish-independence-referendum
After testing the issue with voters and language experts, it recommended the question put to Scotland's 4 million voters in the autumn of 2014 be changed to: "Should Scotland be an independent country: yes/no?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/30/alex-salmond-scottish-independence-referendum