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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by hardlianotion on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:25AM (#31737469)
Referenda that have a profound impact on your system of government should be rare. There is an impact on both economies in terms of investment and planning. They should be offered in a once in a generation basis.

Many (most?) countries have constitutions that forbid splitting up the country. UK is pretty unusual in providing for a referendum of the type that happened in 2014.

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by rootusrootus on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:12AM (#31738013)
Or, you know, require a supermajority instead of disenfranchising voters. You could vote once a day if you did not put the threshold at 50% plus 1.
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by hardlianotion on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:10AM (#31739770)
Why or? They are entirely orthogonal concerns.
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