Overview

• The Constitution Commission approved cutting the ban on publishing election polls from seven to three days before voting, 16–5 with 3 abstentions.
• The draft amends Article 191 of the Elections Law to let JNE-registered firms release surveys up to 72 hours before an election, with exit polls still limited to after polls close.
• Transparency rules would require full technical fichas and assign liability to each firm’s legal representative, with penalties ranging from 10 to 100 UIT for breaches.
• The commission rejected scrapping the alcohol-sales ban known as ley seca by 12–9–2, so the restriction remains unless the law is changed later.
• The dictamen now goes to the Pleno, and if approved would apply to the April and October 2026 electoral rounds.