The CURP, the INE credential and a government like those before

The discussion about the need for a national identity document in Mexico takes a long time, and with the controversy over the disappeared, it can revive. Faced with this, without suspicion, but also without naivety, we have to look at some considerations. One of the last attempts to have a ID was with Calderón. A resistance that ultimately derailed that initiative came from the electoral body: the INE credential could be collateral damage, it wa…

The president of the INE states that they do not use voter database for CURP with photograph a and print, as they run through different v as.

By Redacción Sentido Común. The councilor president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei, clarified that the CURP with photography proposed by the federal government is not linked to the electoral roll and that both identifications will operate independently. At a conference, Taddei said that the information contained in the electoral roll, which includes data of more than 100 million Mexicans, will remain confidential and…

The INE's executive director responded to allegations from a group that accused the institute of harassing one of its members.

In a press conference, the president of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, rejected the possibility of the organization handing over the electoral register with the personal data of all citizens to the federal government. This, in the framework of the reform that is ready for the CURP to become an identity card for all Mexicans. What the councillor president did make clear is that they will continue to collaborate with the federal government to locate p…

The new CURP will be an official identification document similar to the INE card, which will be accepted in the execution of procedures of public institutions, and will serve as a strengthening of identity in matters of security and citizen protection.