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Mexico's president recently passed budget cuts for local election offices and cut salaries and training for citizens who operate and oversee polling stations.

Mexico cityDistrito federalEnrique bastienFernando gutierrezInstitutional revolutionary partyNational electoral institutePresident andr27 don x27t touch my vote x27 thousands protest after obrador cuts electoral fundingTens of thousands people filled mexico citys vast main plaza sunday to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy the is normally thought hold nearly 1005000 peopleUt many more protesters couldnt fit in the marchers were clad mostly white and pink color of national electoral institute shouted slogans like dont touch my vote reforms proposed by president andrés manuel lópez obrador passed last week they would cut salariesUnding for local election offices and training citizens who operate oversee polling stations they would also reduce sanctions candidates fail to report campaign spending he wants return the past when government controlled electionsAid protester enrique bastienA veterinarianEcalling the 1970s and 80s when institutional revolutionary partyR pri