Overview
- ONPE announced it will hold the public draw on Friday, July 24 to name more than 817,000 miembros de mesa who will staff over 90,000 polling tables for the October 4 regional and municipal vote.
- The electoral authority approved a voter‑information media plan that will run from September 14 to October 4 to promote turnout, explain procedures and stress respect for official results.
- ONPE told the MEF it needs S/433 million from the state contingency fund after earlier budget releases were largely spent on the national elections, and it says the wider electoral system requires roughly S/585 million more to avoid disruptions.
- The ERM 2026 will mobilize a definitive voter roll of 26,314,724 people to elect 13,148 subnational officials across about 10,073 voting sites, with mandatory trainings for selected poll workers scheduled for September 20 and 27.
- Key legal dates ahead include the August 5 publication of admitted lists, JEE first‑instance rulings by August 20, appeals through September 4, final candidature inscriptions by September 5 and the last legal exclusion cut‑off on October 3, with the MEF decision on the contingency request set to determine whether logistics reach remote districts.