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The first presidential debate, held on April 7, cost 12.7 million pesos and was watched by 13.7 million people, the largest audience in the history of these events, mainly women and those over 55 years of age, said the counselor. Carla Humphrey, president of the Temporary Debates Commission of the National Electoral Institute.

He presented the respective report to the general council of the body, pointing out that the error in the stopwatch was due to “a failure in the technological equipment”, which was resolved by sending a backup signal, while the clock ticked even though Claudia Sheinbaum was already She was not speaking, it was due to an “error” by the operator, so the additional seconds were given to the coalition candidate. Let’s continue making history. He also reported that there was background noise from the air conditioning and “some coughing was recorded in the transmission.” The first debate also had a good impact on social networks and in the sign and native language versions.

Following the report, the general council of the INE approved the moderation for the third debate, to be held in May, led by Luisa Cantú, Carmen Elena Arcila Solís and Javier Solorzano.

Mexico City. After various complaints have been spread on social networks from Mexicans living abroad who claim that they received emails in which the National Electoral Institute (INE) notified them, without further explanation, that their registration requests to vote on the day of June 2 were classified as inadmissible, the electoral body assured that it will address the doubts for their pertinent clarification.

However, he also reported that cases in which “inconsistencies” were detected in the applications and documentation presented were excluded from the Nominal List of Voters Resident Abroad (LNERE).

He explained that to give “certainty, solidity and reliability” to the LNERE, he carried out a “thorough” review of 42,436 registration requests, and as a consequence, “39,724 were determined to be inadmissible, equivalent to 0.04 percent of the National Nominal List”.

Thus, he indicated that the LNERE was made up of a total of 187,388 records.

The INE detailed that of the more than 39 thousand that dropped, 18,203 have to do with irregularities in the signature, such as they were illegible, photocopies instead of a handwritten signature or a lack of coincidence with that of the Voting Credential (CPV). .

In addition, 12,574 were excluded for non-compliance with the requirements, 8,086 for registrations with multiple irregularities and 861 for irregularities in the proof of address, whether alteration of data, which were apocryphal, repeated registrations with the same proof and that did not meet the required validity.

The INE also clarified that Mexican people whose registration was found to be inadmissible will be able to vote in national territory with a CPV processed in Mexico, or in the special polling stations that will be installed in the 23 consular offices with a credential processed in Mexico or abroad.

He indicated that if they prefer another modality of suffrage, the people You can contact their official channels such as INETEL or send email to [email protected] a no later than May 5 to clarify their situation and request their registration on the nominal list of voters abroad in the specific modality they had chosen.