Overview
- Congress's Constitution Committee voted to let pollsters and media publish surveys until three days before election day, cutting the current seven-day blackout.
- Members rejected repealing the electoral dry law, with a 12–9 vote and two abstentions preserving Article 351 of the Organic Elections Law.
- The dry law continues to prohibit formal alcohol sales from 8 a.m. the day before voting until 8 a.m. the day after.
- The committee settled on three days after an initial bill by congressman Ed Málaga sought a 24-hour cutoff.
- Analysts and opinion writers called the shorter window a transparency gain, cited weak evidence that polls sway choices, urged JNE oversight, and noted a Datum–El Comercio finding that 58% oppose scrapping the dry law.