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Article 332
 

332.1. The application for registration in the section of the registry of voters containing the citizens residing abroad will have legal effects of notification to the Institute of the decision of the citizen to vote abroad in the election for the President of the United Mexican States, for senators, and for the Governors of the states and for the Chief of Government of the Federal District, whenever this is established in the Constitutions of the States or the Government Statute of the Federal District. For this purpose, the respective form will contain the following caption: “I declare, under oath, that due to residing abroad:


a) I express my decision to vote in the country in which I live and not in the Mexican territory;


b) I ask to vote by any of the following means: i) mail, ii) through personal deposit of the ballot in the modules installed in the embassies or consulates, or iii) electronically, in the next election for President of the United Mexican States, Senator, Governor or Chief of Government, depending on the case;


c) I authorize the Institute to verify the compliance with the legal requirements to be inscribed in the registry of voters residing abroad, and to temporarily remove me from the registry of voters residing in Mexico, and


d) I request to have the corresponding electoral instructions, forms, documents and materials for the exercise of my right to vote abroad sent to me.”