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Furthermore, the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommend to:


-       expressly provide for the duty of neutrality of administrative authorities, as well as for effective sanctions for breaching it, in order to prevent the misuse of administrative resources; prohibit public sector employees from taking part in campaigns while performing official duties;


-       provide for the formation of precinct electoral commissions with representation of the referendum proposal’s supporters and opponents;


-       strengthen transparency of all funds collected and spent on the campaign;


-       extend the free airtime allocated on public radio and television, and consider requiring the public broadcaster to organise campaign debates with the referendum “parties”;


-       allow observation by NGOs created less than one year before the referendum and whose charter objectives relate to the issues put to referendum or to any of the issues listed in Article 21.1(3) of the draft law.