Mexico: Preliminary count of votes will take place at 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd

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Mexico will elect a new president on Sunday, June 2nd. Our collaborator, Jorge Gestoso, informs that the Mexican National Electoral Institute held a press conference this afternoon, confirming that the official and preliminary count of votes is going to take place at 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd. teleSUR  Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K  Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00 And in this context, as Mexico praises to elect a new president on Sunday June 2nd,

00:05 we welcome our collaborator Jorge Gestoso from Mexico City with the latest updates.

00:10 Hello Jorge, welcome from the South.

00:12 What can you tell us as we are days ahead of the elections in the country?

00:17 Alejandra, the National Electoral Institute was having a press conference this afternoon

00:27 with some new highlights.

00:30 They're confirming that, for example, what is considered that a pre-official count of votes

00:38 is going to take place, a preliminary count of votes is to take place at 10 p.m. on Sunday,

00:46 that at midnight is going to be a rapid count of votes, and the official tally of the votes

00:54 is going to commence the process again for the electoral presidential campaign on Wednesday.

01:03 But most definitely by midnight, the Mexicans and all the world is going to know who is going to be,

01:11 according to the trends, the next president of the state of Mexico.

01:17 On the other hand, they say that 87 percent of the ballots has already been delivered,

01:22 90 percent will be delivered by tomorrow, 1,300 international observers will be participating

01:31 in the electoral vote, that the vote is not officially mandatory, meaning that the Constitution

01:40 mentions that the vote should be mandatory, but in reality there's no

01:51 punishment for not voting, therefore for the average Mexican it considers that it's no mandatory

01:58 the vote, but there is expectation that about more than 60 percent of the electoral is going to

02:06 go to the polls, probably they believe that could be a record of the participation.

02:12 Also there is another information that regarding to the ages, mostly women are going to be

02:22 participating more than men, and most probably more young voters are going to be involved in

02:29 this process. So far, as you were mentioning, last night they closed the campaigns, the three

02:37 candidates, and today we are starting a period of reflection that is going to last until Sunday,

02:46 that Sunday morning at 8, the polls are going to open by 6 p.m., are going to close, and after that

02:54 is going to be the quick count of votes. We are talking that there is a clear trend according to

03:05 what the preference of the voters throughout the last six months has been pretty much clear, and

03:16 the difference between the first and the second is quite comfortable, which if that confirms the poll

03:24 that could help that the results are going to come earlier or sooner than in another cases.

03:32 And regarding the nine governships that are going to be taking the elections on Sunday,

03:41 that information is going to be revealed by the local, international, and also regarding the

03:53 tribunal of votes, it's not the national votes, and regarding what it has to do with different

04:04 areas, they say that they're going to be able to deliver the amount of votes, the tally of the

04:10 votes pretty quickly, they don't anticipate any delay or any conflict. Always, what could be a

04:20 factor could be eventually violence, even the last day of the campaigns, the day of the closing of

04:28 the campaigns, of the three campaigns, there were two candidates that has to do with not with the

04:34 presidential candidates, but candidates in another areas of the country who has been assassinated,

04:41 and throughout the campaign, 29 candidates have been assassinated. So, violence has been present

04:49 very much in this campaign. Now, we get back to you, Alexandra.

04:54 Thank you. Thank you, Jorge Gestosa, for your input. We will contact you again as

04:59 we continue to follow the electoral process in Mexico.

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