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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
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ELECtorAL sYstEM
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
1. Name of the EMB(S)
The National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional
Electoral, INE for its acronym in Spanish)
2. Website Address
www.ine.mx
3. Nature of EMB
Independent
4. No. of Members in EMB
11 (10 electoral councillors and the President
Councillor)
5. Terms of office
9 years
6. EMB Members selected by
Elected by Chamber of Deputies (Two thirds)
7. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
National level elections, political parties’ elections
(on demand) and collaborate for local elections.
8. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Electoral Process in the country
At national level, the Electoral Tribunal of the
Federal Judiciary (judicially electoral authority)
and the Special Prosecution Office for Electoral
Crimes (prosecution of electoral crimes).
Additionally, each state has its own EMB and its
own electoral tribunal.
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
General Law on Electoral Institutions and
Procedures,
General Law on Political Parties,
Referendum Law,
Elections Law, among others
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
1. Total Population as on
11.9 Million (2015)
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2. Registered Electors as on Male Female
90 Million (March 2020)
46.6 Million women (52%) 43.3 Million men (48%)
3. Method of voter registration
Age 18 years.
Individuals must register in person at special INE
offices around their states. Applicants provide a
signature, fingerprint, and photograph in order to
obtain the “Photo voting card”, created after the
electoral reforms of 1992, and the most common
ID for Mexican citizens.
To receive the voting card an individual must
provide an original, un-altered document from
each of the following three categories: 1)
Evidence of citizenship—either an original birth
certificate or a naturalization certificate or, in
exceptional situations, a CURP unique ID card
if the birth certificate is already digitized [in the
civil registry]; 2) A photo ID (no older than 10
years)—including either a passport; driver’s
license; military service record; nationality
certificate; professional certificate; certificate of
naturalization or Mexican nationality; consular
registration with holograph stripe; diploma,
professional title, or school transcript; expired
Photo Voting Card; or two witness identifying
themselves with fingerprints and their photo
voting cards 3) proof of residence— either a tax
receipt, utility bill, bank statement, department
store account statement, rent contract, certified
copy of deed of real property, or two witnesses as
above. All documents used are scanned by INE
and returned to citizens. Photo voting cards are
delivered to citizens approximately 20 days after
application submissions. Once the voter card is
ready, the individual must present two fingerprints
and sign to receive the card. If the individual does
not come for their card, the INE will send up to
four notices (although the law accounts for three
notices), and the application becomes invalid after
one year. The citizens who do not pick up their
card in the allotted time will be removed from
the voter registry. The Photo Voting card is valid
for 10 years. Citizens could renewed at any time
during the year; although however, renewals and
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