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Article 371
 

371.1. For the candidature for President of the United Mexican States, the document of support should contain at least the signatures of a number of citizens equivalent to 1% of the nominal list of voters from August 31 of the year prior to the election and should include voters from at least seventeen states, that amount to at least 1% of the citizens included in the nominal list of voters in each of them.


371.2. For the formulas for senators by plurality, the document of support should contain at least the signatures of a number of citizens equivalent to 2% of the nominal list of voters corresponding to the state in question from August 31 of the year prior to the election, and should include voters from at least half of the electoral districts that amount to at least 1% of the citizens included in the nominal list of voters in each of them.


371.3. For the formula for representatives by plurality, the document of support should contain at least the signatures of a number of citizens equivalent to 2% of the nominal list of voters corresponding to the electoral district in question from August 31 of the year prior to the election, and should include voters from at least half of the electoral sections that amount to at least 1% of the citizens included in the nominal list of voters in each of them.