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VR001

Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: c. 18
Comments:
Source: Constitution: "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", arts. 34 & 35: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-constitucion-2024/ ;
Verified: 2024/04/12
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VR002

Other voting requirements
Question:Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Answer(s): a. Citizenship
e. Other
Comments: In order to exercise the right to vote, citizens should be registered in the Federal Electoral Register and must obtain their "electoral card" to vote (all of which can be done for free at any of INE's registration offices in the country and abroad).
Source: Constitution: "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", art. 34: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-constitucion-2024/ ; Electoral Law: "Ley General de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales", arts. 9, 130 & 131 (2): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-lgipe-2024/
Verified: 2024/04/12
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VR004

Authority responsible for voter registration
Question:Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer: d. Election Management Body (specify)
Comments: INE is in charge, through a specialized executive direction (Executive Direction of the Federal Registry of Voters, DERFE, by its acronym in Spanish) of the conformation, updating and refining of the permanent registry of citizens entitled to vote.
Source: Constitution: "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", arts. 41 (V [Apartado B (a.3)]): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-constitucion-2024/ ; Electoral Law: "Ley General de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales", art. 54 (1 [b–d]): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-lgipe-2024/
Verified: 2024/04/12
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VR008

Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question:Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: In order to exercise the right to vote, the citizens are obliged to register themselves in the electoral register.
Source: Electoral Law: "Ley General de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales", arts. 9, 130 & 131: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/MX/mexico-lgipe-2024/
Verified: 2024/04/12
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