Recommendation 6 (Election Administration) Guatemala 2003
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/GT/guatemala-final-report-general-elections-eu-2003/at_download/file
The electoral calendar could be modified so that general elections are not held during the Christmas and crop season. Both factors are by themselves and for different reasons unfavorable to voter mobilization. The fact that the current electoral calendar is largely tied by constitutional provisions should not deter taking into consideration other alternatives on the timing for elections; including the possibility for a second round held before Christmas day without having to modify the current constitutional framework (i.e. from earlier in November until a week before Christmas if there is a second round). It goes without saying that this latter alternative does not write off the crop season obstacle.
