INE: 99.8 million, with the right to exercise their vote

Mexico City. The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) declared valid and definitive the registry and the nominal list that will be used in the June 2 process, both at the federal and local levels. Throughout the country and beyond the borders, 99 million 893 thousand 717 people will be able to vote.

The INE guarantees that they will have a reliable, transparent and secure instrument that for more than 30 years has been the backbone of the democratic system.said the president advisor, Guadalupe Taddei.

Unanimously, the councilors pointed out the importance of this step, after reviewing 13 million 39 thousand 354 observations from the parties – mostly from the opposition -, of which 0.02 percent were found to be appropriate, so 2 thousand 819 were removed. records.

Sergio Gutiérrez, Moreno’s representative, accused his counterparts of want to campaign on the coast of the INE. Win at the polls; They do not want to win at the table by questioning all the institutional effort, especially on this issue, as the PRD and the PAN did with the bad faith observations. Those 13 million observations, with the purpose of questioning the referee, are unacceptable. They are doing politics with a fundamental element of Mexican democracy. They want to sow doubt because they know that tomorrow the results are not going to favor them..

The registry stood at 98 million 472 thousand 789 records, while the final nominal list stood at 98 million 329 thousand 591. The difference is that the list includes citizens with valid voting credentials. The figure of 99.8 million citizens able to vote arises from the previous numbers plus what is related to Mexicans residing abroad, registered on a list of 1.5 million; Although all of them could pay by going to one of the 23 consulates that will be enabled for this, only a minority (136,427) signed up to do it online, by post or in person, plus 50,961 who, having a credential issued in Mexico, reported that They will vote abroad.

Likewise, there are two more groups that will vote in May: 30,391 people in preventive detention, who, having not been sentenced, retain their political-electoral rights; In the same way, 4 thousand 2 citizens who are physically unable to go to a polling station are able to vote early.

The entity with the largest nominal list continues to be the state of Mexico, with 13 million 26 thousand 714; Among the singularities, it stands out that the registry is made up of 51.1 million women and 47.3 million men, as well as 105 who registered as nonbinary.

Taddei stressed the standards of excellence achieved regarding the coverage and updating of both the register and the list, which shows confidence in the referee.