The president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, clarified that the involvement of Talleres Gráficos de México in the contract to produce voting credentials does not grant the government access to the Electoral Registry or citizen data. The contract was awarded to Cosmocolor in partnership with other firms following a competitive evaluation. Taddei stressed the security measures the INE has upheld for 35 years.
The INE's president, Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, addressed rumors of potential government interference in the voting credential production process. During Thursday's Council General session, she explained that the contract to manufacture 85 to 94 million credentials over the next five years was awarded to Cosmocolor, which scored 97.18 points in the economic evaluation. The firm partnered with Icards Solutions and Talleres Gráficos de México, affiliated with the Secretariat of Governance.
Veridos, the current credential producer, scored 82.83 points, while Litho Formas was disqualified for technical reasons. Addressing concerns that Talleres Gráficos, as a state-owned company, might hand over sensitive information, Taddei stated clearly: “Talleres Gráficos is a state company that handles high-security printing and it's not the first time it has participated. There is no delivery to anyone.”
She emphasized that no company, current or past, has access to the Electoral Registry or the Nominal List. “It's like thinking the current company owns the database; that doesn't exist,” she affirmed. Production is confined to a technical-operational printing and generation process, while electoral information is controlled solely by the INE.
“The security measures will remain the same. We have protected the Registry for 35 years; this doesn't change,” Taddei reiterated. At the session's end, she specified: “This process is printing-generation, not database construction. That's our strongest defense, and we've maintained it for decades.” This clarification aims to dispel doubts about the independence and security of Mexico's electoral system.
