Overview

• The INE General Council voted unanimously on September 25 to adopt a work route for a complementary digital voter credential as part of its Digital Transformation Strategy.
• Priority projects include online preregistration, AI-based address georeferencing, modernization of service modules, an improved appointment system, a digital credential for identification, an early-vote registry, services for voters abroad, and digital nominal lists.
• The initiative also seeks to comply with a Tribunal Electoral order requiring an electronic modality for early voting.
• Morena’s representative, Guillermo Santiago, warned about excluding people without internet access—roughly 30% of households—and questioned the legal basis for the early-vote registry and electronic voting proposals if they became mandatory.
• INE counselor Carla Humphrey said the goals are to improve registral services and public trust while safeguarding the electoral roll, as other councilors approved the route despite the stated concerns.