There is separate accounting for the referendum and the election, except for political parties. Political parties were able to incorporate referendum advertising into their election advertising, but they still had to stay within their expense limits. This is relatively new legislation. For parties it was 60 days before the writs were issued--before the campaign period started. It was $1.1 million, and during the four-week campaign period it was $4.4 million.
Candidates could not advertise their position on the referendum with the election. They had to stay separate from it. They could register as a referendum advertiser, they could speak about it, they could write editorials about it, but they were prevented from doing advertising. Their limit was $70,000 in the 60 days before the election started and $70,000 for the 28-day period itself.