Overview
- The INE Commission of Organization unanimously advanced a proposal to test internet voting limited to people in a state of postración and their primary caregivers during Coahuila’s 2026 elections, pending Council approval.
- Commissioners concluded nationwide online voting is not currently viable due to unresolved risks to vote authenticity, ballot secrecy, and system reliability, including potential failures or cyberattacks.
- Representatives of Morena and PRI voiced skepticism about security and legal certainty, with the PRI urging that any 2026 test be non‑binding and rolled out gradually.
- INE officials cited gaps in identity verification and secrecy protections, noting a lack of defined mechanisms such as live-photo checks or biometrics and warning of possible voter coercion even with facial identification.
- The legal analysis says broad implementation would require constitutional and statutory reforms, and the pilot targets a very small electorate informed by 2024 data showing 4,011 bedridden voters nationwide and 129 such votes cast in Coahuila.