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WELTI CHANES, Carlos. Quality of voter registration and reliable elections. Pap. poblac [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.100, pp.13-52.  Epub 19-Jun-2020. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2019.100.12.

The aim of this article is to show how the Voter Registration has been built, so that it constitutes a basic instrument in the realization of reliable elections in Mexico, and to make clear that this has been possible through the participation of the main actors in this task: citizens, political parties and authorities that administer the electoral processes. The text describes the institutional arrangements specified in laws, codes and regulations that have this objective and that have served as a framework for the activities of creation and updating of the voter registration system. A very important instrument of evaluation of the Register is the National Survey of Verification, through which, systematically since 1994, the coverage of the Register and the update of the “Nominal List” have been estimated, at national, regional or even at State level, in such a way so that this knowledge serves as the basis for their permanent improvement. The article shows that the voter identification card constitutes the most reliable citizen identity document in México.

Palavras-chave : Elections; voter registration; voter identification card.