Dr. Theresa Reidy:

On the issue of debates, it is not so much electoral commissions that manage debates or set down guidelines. A couple of countries have set up stand-alone small commissions to deal with this question separately. I think Canada was the first country to do that. Its Leaders' Debates Commission provides guidance on how many debates there should be and if there should be shared platforms across different broadcasters. A Bill in the UK was designed to do the same thing but I am not sure if that has passed into law. It was definitely on the agenda in late 2019 and 2020. It is not an issue that is so much dealt with by electoral commissions per se, although other countries have come up with mechanisms for dealing with this.

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