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Tuesday 23 August 2011 |
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Mexico:
Cost
of
2012
Presidential
Elections
Announced
Mexico
City
-
The
2012
Presidential
Elections
in
Mexico
will
cost
180
million
pesos
(some
14.8
million
US
dollars),
reported
Monday
Mexico''s
Federal
Electoral
Institute
(IFE).
This
money
will
be
used
to
buy
graphite
to
mark
the
electoral
ballots,
indelible
ink,
ballot
boxes,
boxes
for
electoral
packages
and
other
materials.
The
amount
does
not
include
the
cost
of
individual
campaigns
of
candidates.
At
least
151,347
polling
booths
will
be
set
up
and
215
million
ballots
will
be
printed
for
the
July
1st,
2012,
elections,
in
which
the
new
federal
president,
128
senators
and
500
legislators
will
be
elected.
An
electoral
box-package
with
the
shape
of a
backpack
will
be
used
for
the
first
time
to
carry
ballots
and
to
facilitate
the
transfer
of
the
documentation
to
the
electoral
district,
informed
IFE.
A
new
type
of
indelible
ink,
made
by
the
National
Polytechnic
Institute,
which
comes
inside
a
tube
with
a
sponge
applicator,
will
also
be
used
for
the
first
time.
Ballot
boxes
will
be
made
with
translucent
material
that
allows
seeing
its
content;
the
pencils
graphite
will
have
better
quality
and
a
special
color
to
prevent
other
colors
to
be
used
at
the
time
of
voting.
Security
tapes,
aimed
at
protecting
the
electoral
packages,
will
leave
a
mark
when
being
removed,
to
prevent
unauthorized
people
to
open
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