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In Sinaloa, a 40% turnout is needed for the revocation of the mandate to take effect.

The recall process in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico, has generated great expectations among citizens, but it also faces a significant challenge: the requirement of a 40% turnout of the electoral roll for the results to be valid and binding. This means that, of the 2,725,403 citizens registered in the electoral roll of the state, at least 1,090,161 must cast their vote in the consultation scheduled for April 10th.

The revocation of the mandate is a mechanism of participatory democracy established in the Mexican Constitution, which allows citizens to remove an elected official from office before the end of their term. In order to activate this process, it is necessary to collect the signatures of at least 3% of the registered voters in the corresponding constituency. In the case of Sinaloa, more than 83,000 signatures were collected, exceeding the requirement of 77,131 signatures established by the National Electoral Institute (INE).

Once the signatures are validated by the INE, the consultation is organized to determine whether the official in question should be removed from office. For the results to be binding, two requirements must be met: that at least 40% of the electoral roll participates in the consultation, and that the majority of the votes cast are in favor of revoking the mandate. If these conditions are not met, the official will remain in office until the end of their term.

The requirement of a 40% turnout for the revocation of the mandate to take effect is a high hurdle, as it requires a significant level of citizen participation. In the most recent gubernatorial election in Sinaloa, held in 2021, the turnout was 49.5%. However, in the 2018 presidential election, the turnout was only 43.1%, indicating that a significant effort will be required to reach the required 40% turnout for the recall.

The challenge of reaching the required turnout is compounded by the fact that the recall process is relatively new in Mexico. This is only the second time that a revocation of mandate consultation has been organized at the state level, after the one held in the state of Baja California in 2022, where the required turnout was not reached and the governor remained in office.