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Beyond the Path of Least Resistance: Constructing a Referendum Franchise that Reflects the People of Northern Ireland: A Response to ‘The Franchise in Irish Unification Referendums’ by Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny

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  • A RESPONSE TO ‘THE FRANCHISE IN IRISH UNIFICATION REFERENDUMS’ BY CHRISTOPHER MCCRUDDEN, ORAN DOY LE AN D DAV I D K EN N Y

  • Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University. In their recent ARINS paper for Irish Studies in International Affairs, Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny explore the important question of whether or not a special franchise should be put in place for a referendum on theunification of Ireland held in Northern Ireland

  • As McCrudden, Doyle and Kenny identify, these impetuses pull in different directions, and as a result, as they state, ‘the most sensible approach to take to the franchise issue is likely to be to adopt a Venice-informed presumption against departure from the existing franchise’

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A RESPONSE TO ‘THE FRANCHISE IN IRISH UNIFICATION REFERENDUMS’ BY CHRISTOPHER MCCRUDDEN, ORAN DOY LE AN D DAV I D K EN N Y. In their recent ARINS paper for Irish Studies in International Affairs, Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny explore the important question of whether or not a special franchise should be put in place for a referendum on the (re)unification of Ireland held in Northern Ireland.

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