The draft law establishes that the “persons” who requested a referendum (the authorised proposers) may appoint their representatives to the bodies conducting the referendum (Article 16). This is in line with international standards. According to the information gained during the online meetings, these representatives are members of the electoral commissions with voting rights. This should be commended. In case of a referendum at the request of the Assembly – rather than at the request of a section of the electorate -, it would however appear more appropriate to add supporters and opponents of the referendum issue to the ordinary composition of the electoral bodies. Otherwise, even though the main political parties have representatives in the election commissions, the election commissions may seem to be unbalanced even when they fulfil their tasks in a neutral manner if the parties represented in the Assembly support the referendum question and its positive answer.