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Mexico City Begins Early Virtual Voting and Approves 2,427 Polling Tables for Participatory Budget Consultation

More than 19,300 registrants have started casting ballots online ahead of in-person voting at 502 school-based polling sites on August 17

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Overview

  • The early voting phase opened on August 4 and runs through August 14, enabling 19,327 registrants to select from 13,357 citizen-submitted projects via the SEI app
  • The SEI platform accommodates remote participation by Mexico City residents abroad, 89 homebound individuals in states of postración and their primary caregivers
  • IECM staff will deploy offline electronic tablets to allow 2,690 pretrial detainees in penitentiary centers to cast their opinions
  • An agreement with the Federal Educational Authority will see 2,427 opinion-receiving tables installed across 502 school facilities for the August 17 in-person consultation
  • No polling will take place in the Ramos Millán Bramadero unit in Iztacalco or La Cañada in Xochimilco due to a lack of registered projects