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card re-issues have deadlines four months before electoral list. The voter card is punched, and the
Election Day. voter’s right thumb is stained with indelible ink.

Mexicans abroad can register at Consulates 9. Postal Vote Describe the system whether
around the world. Electronic/Semi-electronic
Nowadays postal vote is only available for
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo residing abroad, but there is a pilot project that
Identity Card would allow an Internet voting for those electors
Photo Voting Card living outside of the country.

Some states use Electronic voting (e-voting)
system partially, mainly using a touch screen
device, that prints a ticket with proper vote and
drops it in a ballot box.
(C) ELECTION CALENDAR

1. Last Election Dates
1 July 2018 (General election)

5. Voter turnout in last National Elections, (%) 2 June 2019 (Local election in some states)
63.42% (Presidential election July 2018)
2. Future Election Date
6. Voting Method 7 June 2020 (Local election in two states)
Manual marking of ballot papers; Electronic voting -postponed due Covid 19-
is used in some parts of the country
6 June 2021 (National Chamber of Deputies and
7. Audit Trail local election in all states)
Activities of INE are permanently audited.
3. Compulsory Voting
INE is in charge of oversight political parties and Voting is compulsory, but there are no formal
candidates money incomes and outcomes. sanctions

8. Voting Process
The Election Day is scheduled on the first Sunday
of June, from 8:00 a. m. to 6 p. m. If there are
electors queuing, they are available to vote.
Electors must show her/his Photo voting card for
identity confirmation. Once verified in the voter
roll, the President of polling station hands her/him
the ballots or let the voter uses the electronic vote
device.
 For paper ballot, the voter marks the ballot in
secrecy and drops the ballot in a ballot box.
 For Electronic voting (e-voting), polling station
officers turn on the device, elector vote mainly
using a touch screen device, that prints a ticket
with proper vote and drops it in a ballot box.
Thereafter, the Secretary of polling station writes A Women casts her vote at a polling station on the outskirts
‘voted’ against the name of the voter in the of Oaxaca, Mexico

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