Eight Million People to Guard Elections Prensa Latina
go to original April 11, 2012

Nearly eight million Mexican citizens, elected by drawing lots, will guard the ballot boxes and their neighbors' voting on Election Day, on July 1st, the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) informed in a communiqué on Monday.

The Institute is now visiting these people to train them for their future task.

The note added that all aspects of the electoral organization are running smoothly nationwide.

Those steps and links of the process are being implemented under the citizens and the political parties' supervision, so that the people can go to the polls informed and freely.

The number of registered voters with all papers in order has reached 79.57 million, a record high, as the figure is eight million people over that of the polls of 2006 and nearly 20 million more than that of year 2000.

At least 146,000 polling stations will be installed countrywide and the printing of 248 million of ballot papers already started, said IFE.

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