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thetimeisnow · No Longer a Wean Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 91

SCOTLAND'S FIRST EVER INDEPEDENDENCE REFERENDUM!

Should SCOTLAND be independent?

Send a txt from your mobile phone to 60999 with the message 'SCOT YES' or 'SCOT NO'

SNP’s Youth Wing urges Young Scots to Txt 4 Scotland!

The SNP’s official youth wing, the Young Scots For Independence will launch (8th April) what is thought to be the first ever national text referendum in Scotland at the party’s spring conference in Dundee.

The text referendum will ask whether Scotland should be independent, to agree, people will be asked to reply ‘SCOT YES’ and if they don’t to text back ‘SCOT NO’ to a simple 5 digit number - 60999.

The inspiration came from the YSI’s sister youth wing, Cymru X – Plaid Cymru’s official youth wing who last November launched the “Real Referendum” on whether Wales should have its own law making Parliament.

Speaking at the launch, YSI National Convenor Aileen Campbell said: “I am really excited about this referendum. It will allow us to truly engage with young people in Scotland and give them an opportunity to express their views using modern every day technology.

“The Electoral Commission recommended parties take proactive steps to engage with young voters and not just use them as publicity stunts. So we are taking the initiative and are asking the young people of Scotland to make their views known about Scotland’s constitutional future!

“What better way to do it than by handing out flyers, going around university campuses and actively giving young people the opportunity to think and to log their opinions about politics using a simple text message?

“And it won’t stop there. We have great plans to highlight pertinent issues around the country that we know the young people of Scotland have views upon. We’ll be asking them all to Text 4 Scotland!”

Adding her support to the campaign and helping to launch it at Dundee, Bethan Jenkins Cymru X’s organiser said:

“I am delighted to be up in Scotland to help launch the YSI’s Text Referendum campaign. We had a marvellous response to ours last year. It is good to take these positive steps to get young people interested and thinking about politics and to use methods that are simple and convenient to use.

“I also believe that by our two youth wings working together it shows a refreshing side to politics which is not all about men in suits. We hope to develop our links with the YSI so we can further our respective causes using modern technology to our advantage and to bring energy and vibrancy back into the political world.”

Lending his support to the campaign, Scotland’s youngest MEP, Alyn Smith added:

“This text referendum launch is ground-breaking stuff and I congratulate the YSI for making it happen. This kind of text referendum has never been tried before in Scotland and is something new and interesting that will hopefully encourage young people in Scotland to participate in politics.”

Ends.

Notes to Editors

1 The Text Referendum will last one year with the results published in 2007 – interim reports will be issued through out the year.
2 Also launching the event will be Scotland’s youngest MEP, Alyn Smith.
3 Less than 40% of 18-24 year olds who are registered to vote in the UK actually do so.
4 It is thought that this is the first national text referendum of its kind to happen in Scotland.
5 The YSI will be travelling all around Scotland to encourage young people to think about politics and Scotland’s constitutional future.
6 The YSI is the autonomous youth wing of the SNP.

For further information visit www.txt4scotland.com

Aventinian · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

Oh dear.
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SLG · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Yes, oh dear. More opportunity for folk to express an opinion!

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Aventinian · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

I sincerely doubt you'll get a SCOT YES result of anything below 90%.

It's not really asking people to express their views, it's encouraging ill-thought out, off the cuff, one-word, black & white responses to very complex issues. Can you imagine they tried this with the abortion laws? Or British foreign policy?
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True Scotsman · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

When do the results come in?

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thetimeisnow · No Longer a Wean Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 91

there is a results section on the website to check

True Scotsman · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

The results the Text referendum will not come until April 2007 so looks like we have to wait for a year to get the results.

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thetimeisnow · No Longer a Wean Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 91

think it says there are interim results throughout the year.

SLG · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:38 am Post subject:

When I go to http://www.txt4scotland.com/ I just get a blank screen.

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SLG · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

Cheers. Decent site. Missed the launch, but it looks good and professional.

Maol.Chaluim · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject:

Can anyone with a UK mobile vote?
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