INE ID offices reopen Tuesday after a one-day national strike that closed Tijuana’s downtown module

If you were turned away from an INE office on Monday, you can try again. The National Electoral Institute reached a deal with the staff of its citizen-service modules on Monday, and the offices were set to reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 10, aiming to restore full service nationwide for voter-ID applications, renewals and pickups, Infobae reported.

In Tijuana, credentialing staff at the INE offices on Calle Segunda (Benito Juárez), in Zona Centro, didn’t come in on Monday, and banners on the counters said the module was on a national strike, El Imparcial reported. The notices said that day’s appointments would be handled during the week with their folio number, and a guard said other legal services were still running. One man told the paper he had come early because he needed the card to withdraw money from his bank. Baja California was one of 20 states where workers had announced the stoppage, Zeta reported.

Workers had asked for raises of up to 100% and new equipment; the institute had offered 6% from January 2027. A delegation of workers accepted a set of agreements that included that 6% raise after meeting with a four-member INE commission that included interim president Blanca Cruz García, Proceso reported. Worker representative Édgar Fernández said the strike had affected 80% to 95% of modules, according to Infobae, and before the deal, workers had warned they could stop again on Jan. 25, 2027, which Expansión described as the last day to process voter IDs before the 2027 elections.

If you need your INE

• If you lost a Monday appointment, bring your folio; the notices said those would be handled during the week.
• Need a new or renewed voter ID for 2027? Don’t leave it for the last days of January, in case of another stoppage.
• Moving to Tijuana? Our Moving to TJ guide covers the basics.

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