The National Electoral Chamber (CNE) approved this Thursday, through Extraordinary Agreement No. 35, the electoral schedule for this year’s national elections, in which the presidential formula is chosen and half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate.
The schedule establishes, among other issues, the dates of the primary (PASO) and general elections, when the registers can be consulted, the recognition of electoral alliances and the deadlines of the electoral campaign.
The Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primaries, in which the candidates who will compete in the general are defined, will take place on Sunday, August 13, while the general will be held on October 22.
In addition, the dates of the mandatory presidential debates were set, which will be held on October 1 and October 8, and in the event of a second round, a third debate will be held on November 12.
Here are the main dates:
Open, Simultaneous and Compulsory Primary (PASO)
May 5th: publication of the provisional register
June 14th: deadline for alliance submission
June 24: deadline for the presentation of lists of candidates and start of the electoral campaign
July 9th: start of the electoral campaign in audiovisual media
July 14: designation of table authorities. Printing and publication of the definitive standards
July 29: dissemination of polling places and tables
August 11 at 8:00 a.m.: beginning of the electoral season
August 13: PASO elections (End of the electoral season at 9:00 p.m.)
August 15th: start of final scrutiny
General elections
September 2: deadline for the registration of the candidates proclaimed in the PASO
September, 17th: start of the electoral campaign in audiovisual media
September 22: ratification of the table authorities. Printing and publication of the definitive standards
October 1st: first mandatory presidential debate
October 7: dissemination of polling places and tables
October 8th: second mandatory presidential debate
October 20 at 8:00 a.m.: beginning of the electoral season
October 22: general elections (End of the electoral season at 9:00 p.m.)
October 24th: start of final scrutiny
Eventual second round
12th of November: mandatory presidential debate
November 19th: possible second round