They vote in prisons: 1,459 people in prison have voted in Mexico since May 5

MEXICO CITY (El Universal).— From May 5 to 10, 1,459 people in preventive detention, who are distributed in seven prisons in Mexico City, can vote early for four popularly elected positions.

The above, in response to its principle of presumption of innocence and in order to maximize the exercise of human rights in its political-electoral aspect.

In total, 1,459 people in preventive detention will be able to vote to elect president, head of government, mayors and local councils. They will vote for these last two positions, depending on the location of the prison where they are located.

For example, the North Prison is located in District 1 of the Gustavo A. Madero mayor’s office; the South, in District 25 of Xochimilco; the Oriente, in District 31 of Iztapalapa; and Santa Marta Acatitla, in local District 29 of Iztapalapa.

According to the schedule of the Electoral Institute of Mexico City (IECM), 16 women from the Women’s Center for Social Reintegration voted on Sunday; 10 men from the Men’s Social Reintegration Center of Santa Martha Acatitla; and 191 prisoners from the North Prison.

Likewise, yesterday 376 people in preventive detention in the Oriente Prison also voted; and 190 people from the South Prison.

Last week, the IECM gave the Penitentiary System this schedule to provide the facilities and spaces to vote. In total there were 1,572 ballots for the election of Head of Government, another 1,572 to elect mayors and a similar number for local councils.

In addition, 15 ballot boxes were delivered (five for each election); five boxes of packages, 10 posters with the electoral platforms, and 2,515 infographics so that the inmates know the candidates and their political offer. Also, for the first time in history, a debate was held in prison with the representatives of the three candidates seeking to govern the capital.

This exercise was moderated by the journalist Luisa Cantú and the president of Morena en la Ciudad, Sebastián Ramírez, participated; the leader of the Citizen Movement in the capital, Alejandro Piña: and the PAN candidate for a local council, Olivia Garza. Yesterday, electoral counselors highlighted that people in preventive detention will cast their vote by postal means: they will be given an envelope with the ballots for each election, as well as brochures with information on the electoral process. Once your vote has been cast, the over-votes will be transferred to the district boards of the National Electoral Institute (INE) for safekeeping and subsequent opening on the day of voting on Sunday, June 2.

Historical Voting

In a historic event, voting begins in the prisons of Tamaulipas and Chiapas

Exercise

In what represents a historic event, yesterday for the first time in Tamaulipas and Chiapas people began to vote from inside a prison. The Altamira Sanctions Enforcement Center was the first to carry out the exercise.