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Paragraph 221
 

As far as sources of campaign material are concerned, prohibitions on campaigning by the authorities, which are in place in Armenia, Portugal and Russia for instance, apply to all referendums. In Austria, this also holds for the principle whereby the authorities, although allowed to campaign, cannot disseminate non-objective or disproportionate mass information; in Hungary, the authorities can be involved in campaigning.