<P> In the 2010 Draft Bill, the Scottish Government proposed that there would be a designated organisation campaigning for a' Yes' vote and a designated organisation campaigning for a' No' vote, both of which would be permitted to spend up to £ 750,000 on their campaign and to send one free mailshot to every household or voter in the referendum franchise . There was to be no public funding for campaigns . Political parties were each to be allowed to spend £ 100,000 . This proposed limit on party spending was revised to £ 250,000 in 2012 . </P> <P> In 2013, new proposals by the Electoral Commission for the 16 - week regulated period preceding the poll were accepted . They allowed the two designated campaign organisations to spend up to £ 1.5 million each and for the parties in Scotland to spend the following amounts: £ 1,344,000 (SNP); £ 834,000 (Labour); £ 396,000 (Conservatives); £ 201,000 (Liberal Democrats); £ 150,000 (Greens). An unlimited number of other organisations could register with the Electoral Commission, but their spending was limited to £ 150,000 . Groups spending more than £ 250,000 were required to submit audited returns to the Commission by 18 March 2015 . </P> <P> According to the Scottish government's consultation paper published on 25 February 2010, the cost of the referendum was "likely to be around £ 9.5 million", mostly spent on running the poll and the count . Costs would also include the posting of one neutral information leaflet about the referendum to every Scottish household, and one free mailshot to every household or voter in the poll for the designated campaign organisations . In April 2013, the projected cost of the referendum was £ 13.3 million; the final administrative cost was £ 15.85 million . </P> <P> The campaign in favour of Scottish independence, Yes Scotland, was launched on 25 May 2012 . Its chief executive was Blair Jenkins, formerly the Director of Broadcasting at STV and Head of News and Current Affairs at both STV and BBC Scotland . The campaign was supported by the SNP, the Scottish Green Party (which also created "its own pro-independence campaign to run alongside Yes Scotland") and the Scottish Socialist Party . At its launch, Salmond stated that he hoped one million people in Scotland would sign a declaration of support for independence . On 22 August 2014, Yes Scotland announced that the one million target had been surpassed . </P>

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