Contributors have expressed a deep concern that the level of campaign spending did not match the bleak fund-raising efforts.
It requires judges to step aside when the level of campaign support raises a reasonable concern about his or her ability to be fair.
Though there is no clear relationship between the level of campaign activity and the parties' vote shares, in Tory-Labour marginals people are more likely to say they have had literature, direct mail, phone calls or doorstep visits from Labour than from the Conservatives.
To say that this is an unprecedented level of campaign incompetence almost doesn't do the matter justice.
But the highest level of campaign pushback usually comes during debates, as reporters and campaigns staffers remain glued to their Twitter feeds.
The petition requests the commission to issue clear new regulations establishing precisely what type and level of campaign activity is allowable.
Campaign reach increased between waves I and III, suggesting the latter campaign waves built on the good level of campaign awareness established initially.
Some members of the Conservative party advocate a more conservative interpretation of the commission's guidance, while the rightwing thinktank Civitas has called for a reclassification of charities according to their levels of campaigning.
