Overview
- The INE's temporary budget commission presented an anteproyecto this week that includes a preliminary estimate near 13 billion pesos for extraordinary election costs to cover ballots, polling stations, training and logistics.
- Earlier statements from an INE councilor and internal documents put possible figures as high as 15 billion pesos and a separate report shows a broader INE request of 36.1 billion pesos that allocates about 13.9 billion for elections.
- The proposal separates base operations, notably funding payroll for roughly 18,000 permanent INE staff, from project funds for organizing the federal vote and supporting concurrent state and local contests.
- The 2027 contest will fully renew all 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and coincide with many state and local races that specialists estimate could total about 4,000 offices, which drives the scale of the funding request.
- Next steps require Consejo General approval before the anteproyecto is sent to the Secretaría de Hacienda for inclusion in the federal budget package and then to the Chamber of Deputies, which may alter or reduce the final amount.