01/19/2018 Reuters MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tijuana native Alma Martinez will cast her first-ever vote for a Mexican president this July, but from across the country’s northern border, where she is among hundreds of thousands of co-nationals whose participation could be decisive in a close race. Seven times as many Mexicans in the United States have received voting credentials under new rules that let citizens sign up at local consulates rather than in Mexico, compared with the last presidential election six years ago. Many are first time voters. “It could potentially decide the election,” said David Ayon, a senior fellow at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Read more...
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