Two week delay for referendum results outraegous

The Electoral Commission published this timetable for the election.

• Sat 19 September – Election Day. Preliminary election results
• Fri 2 October – Preliminary referendum results
• Fri 9 October – Final election and referendum results

A 13 day delay for preliminary referendum results is outrageous. I can’t think of any other country that has run a referendum and said we won’t tell you the result for two weeks.

Sure take two or three weeks for the final result, but only third world authoritarian regimes run referendums and don’t release the results for two weeks.