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At the gates of an electoral center in the Álamos neighborhood, in the interior of the Mexican capital,

Lorena Vázquez proudly displays her ink-stained thumb

after having participated in the largest elections in the country's history. He is 87 years old and has a long list of elections behind him, but he does not remember any appointment like this. To cast her vote, this octogenarian retired

has had to stand in line for more than an hour, bring her mask

, her own pen and enter the center alone, leaving out the family members who accompany her. The sanitary restrictions imposed by the pandemic have slowed down the voting process for

an unpublished appointment in which

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

(AMLO) aspires to strengthen his power in

Mexico

.

Vázquez has no problem recognizing that he has ticked the official Morena box on all the ballots, "the President (AMLO) needs all of our support to approve his reforms," ​​he explains to EL MUNDO. Unlike her, Luís Marín, a 58-year-old electrician,

has opted for

the 'Va por México' coalition

, which brings together the three main opposition parties

, despite being ideologically antagonistic, "I still don't think that part of my votes will go to The PAN, I never thought I would end up supporting them, but it is the only thing we can do to stop this president. " The long wait and the questions ignite the debate among voters,

in a scene that is repeated in the 163,000 polling stations set up throughout the country

.

President López Obrador had to walk only a few meters to reach his voting center, located on the side of the National Palace where he resides.

The box opened 53 minutes later than expected

, in a clear example of the logistical problems posed by this appointment, and the first in line had to give their place to the president and his wife, the historian Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, who deposited your vote shortly after 9 in the morning. "Long live democracy!" AMLO told the media

before returning to the Palace

, from where he followed the development of the electoral day.

About 100,000 National Guard agents have been deployed throughout the country to protect the integrity of one of the most violent electoral processes in remembrance. On the eve of the meeting, the political consultancy

Etellekt

confirmed in its latest update that, in the last eight months,

there have been 910 attacks against politicians

- a record number in the historical series - as well as 91 fatalities. Everything indicates that these figures will continue to grow today. Three years ago, the same day that López Obrador won the elections,

seven politicians were assassinated

s. Yesterday the day started with the murder of five members of the PRD party in Chiapas and the unusual incident recorded in two electoral colleges in Tijuana, where two human heads were thrown.

Speaking to EL MUNDO, the president of the National Electoral Institute, Lorenzo Córdova, points out that, despite the violence, the integrity of the process is guaranteed, "it is not that the election is the one that triggers that violence,

but that the violence is part of the ordinary landscape and we have to organize ourselves in that context

. Violence against political actors is serious, but the organization of the election is not at risk. " Córdova acknowledges that these elections are being "the most difficult in the last 30 years", since "organizing elections in Mexico is complex in itself, we have structural problems such as corruption or poverty and, now, we are facing a pandemic. the biggest elections in history. "

More than 93 million Mexicans were called to the polls this Sunday,

although everything indicates that participation will be reduced by the pandemic

. In a single day, 20,500 public positions at all levels will be renewed, including 15 governorships, 30 state assemblies, 1,923 city councils and 500 legislators from the Chamber of Deputies. All the polls agree that Morena could win at least 8 governorships, but he would lose ground in the Lower House. López Obrador's objective is to obtain, together with his allies, the qualified majority that will allow him to undertake

the profound reforms that his project requires

- many of them imply modifying the Constitution - but the latest polls do not guarantee it.

After the closing of the polls decreed at eight o'clock yesterday night, the rapid counting mechanism will draw a preliminary scenario of the results

that must be validated by the official scrutiny

.

The INE has reiterated that they will be announced today, although it warns that, in remote parts of the country, the results could take several days to be confirmed.

Mexicans will live the next few hours 'glued' to television to know what color the political map is stained in their mayor's office, municipality or state and, also, if López Obrador and his allies will

be

able to

enjoy great legislative capacity in the second half of the six-year term

.

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