COMMENTS ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON ELECTORAL MATTERS

Abstract

In the context of electoral reforms, citizens, candidates, political parties and electoral authorities have interacted in a much more intense way in order to achieve their objectives in electoral participation.

In that sense, one of the most effective rights in the elections is freedom of expression, because within the campaigns the exchange of data and information is essential in the search of votes. However, its modalities, protection and limits are not always clear, so the criteria of the Courts have sought to smooth these aspects, while safeguarding other values of the legal system, so in this article I intend to concentrate the more Relevant questions about how to identify a constitutional political message tolerable in constitutional terms from one that is not.