Mexico uses athletes to promote absentee vote registration for 2006 elections
By: North County Times | ∞
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican electoral officials announced on Friday that they have launched a campaign featuring well-known professional athletes to promote registration for absentee ballots by Mexican living abroad.
The July 2, 2006 elections will be the first time that Mexicans abroad will be able to request absentee ballots for a federal election; to do so, they must submit request forms by Jan. 15.
As part of the program, infielder Jorge Cantu of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins pitcher Ismael Valdes and San Diego Padres catcher Ramon Hernandez paid a visit to electoral offices in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
The three, all of Mexican origin, picked up request forms for absentee ballots.
In other events, the Chivas USA soccer team visited the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles, California to publicize the absentee voting program, and race car driver Adrian Fernandez made a similar visit in Dallas, Texas.
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