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During the 1988 Mexican presidential elections, the electronic counting system of the then-state-controlled Electoral College collapsed briefly. And many claimed it was part of a fraud, leading to protests.
It’s still a mystery if trickery allowed the ruling party to stay in power. But the incident and the lack of rules and clarity were enough to create an independent and reliable electoral institution. And so, the National Electoral Institute, or INE, was born.
“I think that the main differences between the Electoral Colleges from the United States and Mexico and the U.S. is that the one from the United States is based on trust, and the elections in Mexico are based on mistrust,” said Ricardo Chávez, a consultant and former adviser at the INE.
Chávez said that, unlike the U.S. Electoral College (FEC), the INE organizes autonomously any election nationwide. It has its own bylaws and the faculty to supervise, sanction and finance parties.
“In Mexico, we don’t have private money (to finance the parties), It comes from the government, which is pretty expensive, but it also allows it to make it an equal ground,” the consultant said.
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It’s still a mystery if trickery allowed the ruling party to stay in power. But the incident and the lack of rules and clarity were enough to create an independent and reliable electoral institution. And so, the National Electoral Institute, or INE, was born.
“I think that the main differences between the Electoral Colleges from the United States and Mexico and the U.S. is that the one from the United States is based on trust, and the elections in Mexico are based on mistrust,” said Ricardo Chávez, a consultant and former adviser at the INE.
Chávez said that, unlike the U.S. Electoral College (FEC), the INE organizes autonomously any election nationwide. It has its own bylaws and the faculty to supervise, sanction and finance parties.
“In Mexico, we don’t have private money (to finance the parties), It comes from the government, which is pretty expensive, but it also allows it to make it an equal ground,” the consultant said.
The Reforms In Mexico's Electoral System: What Can The United States Learn From It?
The U.S. Congress validated the election of President-elect Joe Biden, despite the ungrounded claims brought by President Donald Trump. In Mexico, the electoral system has also faced challenges, and it’s continuously redesigned to improve, from creating mathematical models to controlling the...
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