Free election campaigning on radio and television for candidates for the October general elections in Brazil begins today and closes on September 29.
On this first day there will be a distribution of the nominees for Governor, State (or District) and Senator. Tomorrow will be the turn of candidates for the post of President of the Republic and the Federal Parliament.
For disputes moving to the second round (October 30), the publicity broadcast will occur between October 7 and 28.
Candidates for the position can appear in two broadcast modes during the period: 70 minutes spread across commercial sectors during station schedules Monday through Sunday, 05:00 local time, and midnight. Parties can choose to show content within 30 or 60 seconds.
Similarly, there will be 50 minutes of content shown in two 25-minute blocks between Monday and Saturday.
The time distribution each candidate and party is entitled to is the size of seats elected by the acronym in the House of Representatives in 2018.
In the race to the Palacio del Planato (the seat of the executive branch), the responsibility lies with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
With respect to other disputed positions (governor, senator, federal, state and provincial representatives), the oath shall be notified by the provincial electoral tribunals.
On Tuesday, the TSE approved a resolution dealing with the rules for distributing free optional advertising time to candidates for the country’s president.
According to the division issued by the court, candidates Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, of the Labor Party, and Jair Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party, will focus just over 50 percent of the free election hours.
Content production is the responsibility of parties and candidates. Flag holders may appear on internal or external recordings.
It is allowed to publish interviews with the candidate and external scenes in which the following are presented: the achievements of the government or public administration; administrative failures and ascertained shortcomings in public works and services in general; Parliamentary deliberations and legislative debates.
The decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal dealing with the rules of electoral propaganda also states that they are not allowed to be used for the purpose of “insulting or ridiculing candidates”.
The first round of the referendum will take place on October 2, with 156 million 454,000 Brazilians going to the polls.
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