Abstentionism of 40% of the population in the last elections caused them to be wasted 217.7 million pesos in ballots that were left over because citizens did not go to the polls… Which may be repeated in the case of the possible election of judges y magistrates by popular vote.
According to a request for information from 24 HOURS to the National Electoral Institute (INE), in the last elections there were too many 117.7 million ballots for presidential candidates, federal deputies and senators.
The unit cost for printing a ticket, including taxes, was 1.85 pesos, where Graphic Workshops is the company that has historically been hired for that purpose.
During the 2021 referendum to judge former presidents, which was also organized by the INE, There was an abstention rate of 92.8% of voters who preferred not to cast their vote. According to statistics, the Nominal List was 93.6 million voters, while only 6.6 million voted, so most of the ballots remained unused.
For the consultation on the revocation of the president’s mandate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, In 2022, the abstention rate was 82.2%. In that exercise, 92.8 million Mexicans were called to vote and only 16.5 million went to the polls, so the majority of the population also voted.s ballots were destroyed.
If the judicial reform is approved, the opinion of which is about to be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies, On June 1, 2025, there will be elections to elect ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the regional and Superior chambers of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, members of the Electoral Tribunale Discipline, as well as judges and magistrates, for which almost 500 million ballots would be needed, the cost of which is estimated at more than 900 million pesos, where unused ballots would be destroyed.
DESTINATION OF TICKETS
The electoral body reported that the leftover ballots from the June 2 election are being stored in the warehouses of the district councils, awaiting the General Council’s agreement for their destruction, which is expected to be approved before the end of the year.
In turn, there is an agreement with the National Commission for Free Textbooks (Conaliteg) so that electoral waste can be recycled; however, this electoral department is the one that decides which materials to recycle, so it is not certain that the leftover ballots will be included.
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2024-08-25 22:19:55