The Electoral Board rejects to initiate proceedings against Tezanos for the CIS barometer, but warns him that he must comply with the legal deadlines.

As of October 22, 2026, the LOREG is an active law, not a text pending approval. If you refer to the Government's reform on electoral debates and transparency of polls, its processing expired by lapse on October 6, 2026. It is important to distinguish it from the reform concerning Formentera, which was approved and is in force.

The Government reform: expired

The Organic Bill modifying Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, identified as 121/000063, was registered in Congress on July 9, 2025. Its text was published on July 24 of that year and the Board assigned its examination to the Constitutional Commission, opening the deadline for submitting amendments. This is recorded in the text published by Congress.

The initiative aimed to modify two main matters:

• Article 66, to require at least one electoral debate on public media during the campaign, regulate the participation of parties, and publicize unjustified absences.
• Article 69.1.b), to incorporate anonymized individual data files into the technical information of polls, so their results could be verified.

The amendment deadline, initially set until September 17, 2025, accumulated 39 extensions, until September 30, 2026. Finally, the project expired on October 6, 2026, according to the publication on the dissolution. Therefore, it is not currently awaiting a report, a Plenary vote, or its submission to the Senate: its parliamentary process ended without becoming law.

The Formentera reform: approved and in force

A different initiative was the organic bill 122/000280, presented by the Socialist Parliamentary Group and published on May 12, 2026. Its purpose was to adapt electoral legislation to the reform of article 69.3 of the Constitution, recognizing Formentera as its own constituency to elect a senator.

Congress agreed to begin its processing on May 19 and approved processing it directly in a single reading on May 28. This procedure concentrated the debate of the text in the Plenary. Congress approved it on June 18 and the Senate completed its approval on June 24, 2026, as recorded in the official Senate information.

It became Organic Law 2/2026, of June 30, published in the BOE on July 2 and in force since July 3. It modified articles 161.2 and 165.2 of the LOREG to separate the constituencies of Ibiza and Formentera. Its processing, therefore, is concluded and its changes are already part of the current legislation, according to the text of the reform.

Other proposals already concluded

• The bill 122/000074, published on March 22, 2024, regarding separate scrutiny of postal votes, was rejected on June 23, 2026.
• The bill 122/000200, published on June 13, 2025, also related to postal voting, was rejected on September 23, 2025.
• The bill 122/000110, published on June 7, 2024, concerning causes of ineligibility, was rejected on October 15, 2024.

In summary: the LOREG remains in force; the government project on debates and polls expired; and the Formentera reform is already law. These are different situations that should not be confused under a single reference to the processing of the LOREG.

The president of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) exercises the top management, representation, and administration of the organization, as well as assuming reporting obligations before the General Courts. Their powers are mainly regulated in Law 39/1995 and in article 13 of Royal Decree 1214/1997, whose current wording comes from the March 2025 reform.

Institutional position and appointment

The Presidency is the highest governing body of the CIS and has the rank of Undersecretariat, according to article 12 of the royal decree. Its holder is appointed and removed by the Council of Ministers by royal decree, at the proposal of the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts —article 13.1—.

Management and administration powers

Article 13.2 assigns the president the following functions:

• Top management: to promote and coordinate the center's services to fulfill its functions and preside over the meetings of the Advisory Council —letter a—.
• Official representation: to represent the organization, especially before analogous entities, public or private, national or foreign —letter b—.
• Budget: to propose the draft budget and execute the approved budget —letters c and d—.
• Programming: to prepare the annual activity program and coordinate its development, respecting the CIS's functions and budgetary availability —letter e—.
• Technology: to approve computerization projects and the assignment of computer equipment —letter h—.
• Agreements: to sign agreements regarding sociological research —letter i—. Article 8 of Law 39/1995 requires prior ministerial authorization for the cooperation agreements regulated there.
• Contracting and payments: to contract on behalf of the organization, arrange necessary expenses, and order payments —letter j—.
• Organization and personnel: to propose to the minister the appointments of the General Secretariat and departments, and exercise personnel powers attributed by applicable regulations —letters k and l—.
• Residual functions: to perform other functions corresponding to the highest official and not expressly assigned to other bodies —letter m—.

Parliamentary information and advisory

They must approve the execution report of the previous year's program and submit it to Congress and the Senate, through the ministry and via their presidents —article 13.2.f—. Law 39/1995 sets its submission in the first quarter of the year.

They must also provide completed works incorporated into the database and advances of surveys on voting intention, parties, and leaders —article 13.2.g—. The law establishes quarterly information on works and a maximum of fifteen days for advances, counted from the completion of fieldwork and coding and recording. When appropriate, information is also provided to regional parliaments.

Additionally, they appoint members of the Advisory Council and must convene it at least semiannually —article 11 of the law—.

Limits and delegated exercise

These powers are subject to objectivity, neutrality, impartiality, transparency, data protection, and statistical secrecy. They do not constitute a power alien to the legal principles of the organization.

The Resolution of September 5, 2022 delegated certain actions on expenses, income, assets, contracting, and personnel to the General Secretariat; for certain expenses and contracts, it set a limit of 950,000 euros. Therefore, the presidential attribution must be distinguished from its delegated exercise.

Finally, their acts and resolutions exhaust the administrative route —article 13.4—. In case of vacancy, absence, or illness, they are first replaced by the Directorate General of Coordination and Research, followed by the General Secretariat and departments, in the order established in article 13.3.

A complete count allowing an exact figure of resolutions by the Central Electoral Board (JEC) during the legislature on breaches by public bodies has not been located. Several rulings have been identified, but it would not be correct to indiscriminately sum complaints, proceedings, and sanctions: these are different actions and the same case may produce several resolutions.

Moreover, the expression "similar breaches" requires clarification: the reference case is not indicated. The results found cover both violations of institutional neutrality and breaches of obligations related to polls. Therefore, the following figures should be read by categories, not as a homogeneous total.

The block with a concrete figure: five rulings

On April 23, 2026, the JEC upheld five resolutions of the Andalusian Electoral Board regarding visits by regional ministers. It considered that they violated the limitations of articles 50.2 and 50.3 of electoral legislation, relating to the promotion of achievements and inaugurations during the electoral period. According to Demócrata's information, the actions were:

• Rocío Díaz's visit to the works of the reserved platform of Aljarafe Norte, in Seville.
• Her visit to the connection tests of the Granada metro extension.
• The visit to emergency works on the regional road A-333.
• Antonio Sanz's visit to the health center of Salobreña.
• His visit to the hospital of Motril.

In these cases, the JEC required those responsible to avoid similar actions. The news indicates that the agreements were final in administrative terms, although they could be appealed before the Supreme Court. This block confirms five specific rulings, not the total for the legislature.

Other cases that should not be automatically mixed

• Elma Saiz, March 5, 2026. The JEC opened a sanctioning proceeding for her criticisms of opposition parties during the press conference after the Council of Ministers on February 24. Opening the procedure does not equate to a definitive sanction. This is recorded by Demócrata about the proceeding.
• Pedro Sánchez, October 15, 2026. The JEC agreed to open another proceeding for the allegedly partisan use of an institutional appearance at Moncloa. The five proceedings and the 6,600 euros in fines mentioned in the published information correspond to different electoral processes, including precedents from 2020 and 2023: they cannot be transferred as a balance of the legislature.
• CIS, October 2026 barometer. A declaration of breach of the deadline to provide information about the poll has been identified, according to article 69.8 of electoral legislation. According to the news about the CIS, the JEC rejected opening a proceeding against its president. This is a different case from institutional propaganda.

What figure can be used

The defensible conclusion is this: there are five individualized rulings in the Andalusian block and other documented cases, but no accredited exhaustive total. The 19 complaints announced by PSOE-A should not be added either: a filed complaint does not prove that there is an approving resolution, as inferred from the information about those complaints.

To respond with a single number, it would be necessary to determine whether to count exclusively public bodies —such as the CIS— or also public officials, and whether to include requirements, opening of proceedings, and sanctions. Without that delimitation, presenting a closed figure would give a precision that the consulted sources do not support.