Voting Guides: Undue Warning

The General Council v of the National Electoral Institute (INE) was preparing yesterday to declare that the elaboration and distribution of “cordions” for the judicial election is illegal while such materials “could be used to coerce and induce the vote, based on printed or preprinted formats corresponding to specific elections.”

These are materials that circulate in various formats to instruct citizens how to vote in the election of ministers, magistrates and judges.

The National Electoral Institute (INE) is preparing to issue precautionary measures against the “cordions” that seek to induce the vote during the judicial election day on June 1. The project, which will be put to the vote by the General Council on Thursday, recognizes that, although there is no certainty of the physical, moral, political or governmental person who is preparing and disseminating the aforementioned “cordions”, in view of the prox…

The civil association, Projecto Justicia Común (Projuc) (Projuc) presented to the National Electoral Institute (INE) the third complaint against the issue of accordions for the judicial election on Sunday, June 1. Before the distribution of “cordions” in various parts of the country with samples of electoral ballots for the elections of the judiciary , with names and numbers of candidates, this practice was denounced to the INE, which is presume…

On Thursday, the INE General Council will discuss a bill ordering the refrain from producing and distributing accordions that could sway voters in the judicial election. However, since it is unknown which group or individuals are distributing these materials, the call is made to the general public to those producing them. The precautionary measures relate to two complaints filed with the INE: one against officials of the Nuevo León government an…