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Article 339
 

339.1. No later than December 31 of the year prior to the election, the General Council of the Institute or, where applicable, the General Council in coordination with the corresponding Local Public Body, will approve the format of the printed electoral ballot and of the electronic electoral ballot that will be used by the citizens residing abroad for the election in question, the instructions for their use, the tools and materials required for the exercise of the electronic vote, the forms for the scrutiny and count certificates and the other electoral documents and materials.


339.2. Once the mentioned in the previous paragraph has been approved, the General Executive Board will order the printing of the electoral postal ballots and the other electoral materials for the vote of Mexicans residing abroad.


339.3. With regards to the electoral ballots, the provisions of Article 266 of this Law will be applicable. The electoral ballots that will be used abroad will contain the caption “Mexican resident abroad”.


339.4. The number of electoral ballots to be printed for the voting abroad will be equal to the number of registered voters in the corresponding nominal lists. The General Council will determine an additional number of electoral ballots. The unused additional ballots will be destroyed before the Election Day, in the presence of representatives of the political parties and the independent candidates.


339.5. The General Executive Board will present the mechanisms and procedures of the electronic vote to the General Council for its approval before the start of the electoral process.