Overview
- The INE’s Organization Commission approved sending a technical analysis that rules out generalized internet voting under current conditions and proposes a 2026 pilot in Coahuila limited to bedridden voters and their primary caregivers.
- Representatives of Morena and the PRI voiced distrust of nationwide internet voting, citing inadequate security, authenticity checks and certainty about results.
- PRI representative Luis Cuenca conditioned support on the pilot being non‑binding, with any online ballots excluded from official tallies.
- INE counselors Dania Ravel and Jaime Rivera warned that the pilot lacks clear rules for identity verification and vote secrecy and noted incomplete assessments of potential system failures or attacks.
- The analysis says internet voting is not contemplated in current law and a broader rollout would require constitutional and statutory changes, while the pilot aims to gather empirical evidence after small‑scale 2024 participation figures such as 129 online voters in Coahuila.