A press release by the Electoral Court reads:
About ten companies have responded to an invitation from the Electoral Tribunal to participate in a tender for an advertising campaign for the general election, to be launched in 2012 and concluding in 2014 with the election process.
Attending the approval meeting were three judges of the TE, who took questions and heard comments from the companies, allowing them to clarify any doubts about the conditions of the best value tender for contracting an ad agency to conduct a campaign for the TE for the period 2012-2014.
The presiding judge of the Tribunal Electoral, Gerardo Solis, noted that unlike in previous years, this time they are looking to hire the company with the best consulting services and the most creativity in order to have a direct impact on the population and one that, at the same time, will transmit the most relevant aspects of the general plan for the elections.
According to Solis, the tender will be launched in January 2012.
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January 2012
Four advertising companies participated in the tender created by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama.
Participating companies were Publicis Fergo with $3.75 million; BYM SA Publicidad, at $3.74 million, In House Advertising, with $3.75 million and Cerebro JCM also with $3.75 million.
September 2010
Panama's elections authority proposes that electoral advertising should receive a 30% discount on normal prices.
The proposal put forward by Panama's Commission for Electoral Reform is based on a suggestion by TV stations and was discussed by press representatives from radio and newspapers as well as magistrates from the country's elections authority (TE in Spanish).
July 2011
Between May and June 2011, the country's electoral parties spent $14.3 billion in advertising for the elections.
Acción Ciudadana, the Guatemalan chapter of Transparency International, this week presented a report on advertising spending during the election campaign.
The report indicates that total expenditure is higher, because the measurements do not include local social networks or media, nor the expenses of candidates running for deputy or mayor.
March 2012
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica has put out to tender the development of comprehensive systems for the modernization of civil proceedings.
The contract includes analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance and data migration, to renovate and automate the following processes and services:
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