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U.S. Mexicans Faced Problems Voting in Tijuana

by New American Media (reposted)
The severe shortage of ballots and overall slowness of the voting process caused frustration and discontent among Mexicans living in the United States who crossed the border last weekend to vote in one of 18 special voting centers in Tijuana.
By early Sunday morning, long lines of 300 or more people had formed outside voting centers designated for people living abroad. Some voting places opened an hour late, angering voters who had arrived on time.

Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) had designated 20,000 ballots to be used by Mexicans living abroad. But this number was dwarfed by the number of people who wanted to vote. Some polling places, including Tijuana’s international airport ran out of ballots around noon.

One Mexican citizen who wished to remain unnamed traveled to Tijuana from Tracy, California to vote for his next president. He left his home on Saturday, spent the night in San Diego and crossed the border early Sunday morning. The trip cost him about 300 dollars.

By 3:00 p.m. he had been waiting in line for three hours. He had arrived at the polling place downtown earlier that day, but they sent him to a polling place in Playas because they were about to run out of ballots. Judging by his place in line, he said he would be waiting for at least another hour. This was his first presidential election and despite the long wait, he said he wanted to help decide the future of his county.

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