The democratic exercise will take place on April 10th
Patricia Santos Quevedo, executive vocal of the 17th Executive District Board of the National Electoral Institute (INE). Photo: Héctor Ruiz.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- Jocotopec will oversee the recall referendum known as “Consulta de Revocación de Mandato” (Referendum for revocation of mandate) to which the President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrado (AMLO), will be subjected on April 10.
On March 23, at around 11:00 a.m., members of the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) delivered to the personnel of the 17th Executive District Board of the National Electoral Institute (INE) the 278,286 ballots for the democratic exercise.
The question which citizens will be asked to answer is «Do you agree that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of the United Mexican States, should have his mandate revoked due to loss of confidence, or continue in the Presidency of the Republic until the end of his term?»
At least 170 polling places will be installed in District 17, consisting of 15 municipalities, including Chapala and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos. There will be a special polling place for people outside their electoral area, which will be in the municipal seat of Jocotepec.
The polling places will be supervised by five officials: a president, a secretary, a teller, and two alternates, for a total of 855 participants in the district. They will be instructed by 31 trainers and four field operational electoral supervisors.
Patricia Santos Quevedo, spokesperson for the 17th Executive District Board of INE, said that they are working so that no person of the 272,259 that make up the nominal list will be left without casting their vote.
«This amount is what we are managing, counting and sealing here at INE to guarantee that all citizens have their ballot to cast their vote» commented Santos Quevedo.
In contrast, she said that it was not possible to install the same number of polling places for the 2021 electoral exercise, when 459 were installed. This referendum has a national budget of one billion 567.4 million pesos (about US$28 million), compared to the nearly 4 billion pesos (about US$200 million) of the last elections.
Patrica Santos emphasized that INE has made every effort to provide citizens with the necessary tools and she urged citizens to participate this coming April 10 to exercise their vote for or against AMLO.
As of March 28, the «locate your polling place» platform will be available at www.iepcjalisco.org, where citizens will be able to find their poll location.
Translated by Nita Rudy
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