Links to the three major electoral bodies - IFE, TRIFE and FEPADE - as well as some other useful resources, can be found below.
To learn more about the Mexican Electoral Court, the Federal Judiciary and how they relate to the 2006 Presidential Election, read "Administering Mexico's 2006 Federal Elections", the transcript of Jesús Orozco-Henríquez's presentation on May 18, 2006 for the CSIS Mexico Project. (in English)
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Instituto Federal Electoral
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| The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing and overseeing federal elections in Mexico. |
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Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federacion
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The Electoral Tribunal (TRIFE) is the top judicial electoral authority to resolve electoral disputes at the federal level or appeals of State Electoral Tribunal rulings.
Article 99, Paragraph II of the Mexican Constitution states:
"The Electoral Tribunal will resolve in definite and unimpeachable form...challenges presented about the election of the President of the United Mexican States. These will only be resolved by the superior committee. The superior committee will issue the final results of the election of the President of the United Mexican States, once it resolves, in its case, the challenges on the election brought to its attention. It will proceed to formulate the declaration of validity of the election and who is president-elect, who will be the candidate who obtained the greatest number of votes." |
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Fiscalía Especial para la Atención a Delitos Electorales
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| The Special Federal Prosecutor Office for Electoral Crimes (FEPADE) is an independent branch of the Office of the Attorney General (PGR) responsible for prosecuting electoral crimes. |
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Alianza Civica
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An historic partner of Global Exchange in election observations in Mexico, Alianza Civica has researched and reported on the use of publically funded social welfare programs as a means of subtle coersion and vote buying by political parties.
Read the report (in Spanish) |
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Mexican Elections 2006
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| The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute seeks to increase understanding, communication, and cooperation between the United States and Mexico.
It provides information on the 2006 Mexican election including key headlines, news summaries, analyses, and the latest polls. |
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