Jalisco’s novel electronic voting system appears to have met performance expectations in Chapala, Jocotepec and 41 other municipalities, with only minor foul-ups reported during the July 1 election.
The urna electronicas were used for the first time in electoral districts 1 and 17 and the municipality of Gomez Farias.
Lakeside voters from all age groups and different walks of life demonstrated little difficulty in handling the computerized touch screen devices to mark their preferences in the state’s gubernatorial, congressional and mayoral contests.
Over four months preceding the election, Jalisco’s Electoral Institute (IEPC) ran five public trials of the cutting-edge voting machines in each of the communities where they were to be installed. However, Gustavo Vargas Carranza – an authorized voting assistant assigned to Chapala poll 459 – reported that very few of the voters he encountered had bothered to familiarize themselves with the equipment in advance.
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