Overview

• Representatives of all 58 local parties met with INE leaders in Mexico City to deliver a formal petition for the pending reform.
• The petition asks to review or eliminate double public financing for national parties, a practice INE councilor Dania Ravel acknowledged exists.
• Local groups seek constitutional changes so municipal vote totals count toward the 3% registration threshold and to ease audit rules and sanctions.
• Leaders also called for protecting proportional-representation seats and gaining a voice before the INE General Council.
• The parties argued their weight in governance—about two million residents across 258 municipalities and 57 local deputies—warrants greater equity.