IECM in charge of an unprecedented election
For the first time, a total of 133 positions will be elected by citizen vote in the capital: 33 judges, 95 judges and five judges of the CDMX Judicial Disciplinary Court. The number of candidates is estimated at 853.
The challenges less than five months before the election range from having the electoral ballots on time to their design, since in one ballot citizens will have to vote for several positions, says the electoral advisor, César Ernesto Ramos Mega.
“We have to design these ballots so that citizens can clearly identify the candidates, even if there are many, and guarantee that in some way they are not accidentally invalid, this is because citizens will have to vote for several positions on a single ballot,” he details in interview with Political Expansion.
Adjustments will be made to the process given the lack of time and limited resources: it is possible that the ballots and minutes will not be printed on security paper, since it is more expensive, and the counting will not be done at the polls, but at the headquarters. district, although it is planned to transmit the count in real time to give greater transparency to the process.
It is still up to the National Electoral Institute to define whether around 13,500 polling stations will be installed in the city – as in the 2024 election – or if it will be limited to around 6,000 voting centers, explains the counselor. In parallel, the IECM must organize the 2025 Participatory Budget Consultation, to be held in August.
“In other countries there have been similar exercises but for fewer positions and with fewer candidates. Although it is a much shorter time in an unprecedented election, we plan to have all the documentation and materials ready for the June 1 day,” says Ramos Mega.
