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Voting Credential
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<p>The Voting Credential (Spanish: <i>Credencial para Votar</i>), also known as Elector Credential (Spanish: <i>Credencial de Elector</i>), INE Card (Spanish: <i>Tarjeta INE</i>; formerly IFE Card, Spanish: <i>Tarjeta IFE</i>), and Mexican Voter ID Card (Spanish: <i>Tarjeta de Identificación de Votación Mexicana</i>), is an official <a href="/facts/Identity_document/YovHMC8K">document</a> issued by the <a href="/facts/Instituto_Nacional_Electoral/CoTjbwJ5">National Electoral Institute</a> (INE) that allows Mexican citizens of legal age to participate in local and federal elections in <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>, in addition to being the most accepted document as official identification for all civil, administrative, commercial, labor, judicial and, in general, all acts in which, by law, the person must identify themselves. It is considered the Mexican Identity Card (Spanish: <i>Cédula de Identidad Mexicana</i>). </p>