1.   But opposition parties say they are still concerned about PRI activists in remote areas attempting to coerce votes by threatening to cut government subsidies.

2.   Buying or coercing votes by using public social programs for the poor as bait is considered one of the biggest obstacles to holding truly clean elections in Mexico.

3.   Organizers said the raise, which they classified as a desperate, last-minute pitch to coerce votes, derailed their efforts.

4.   It was impossible to say how many votes were not coerced.

5.   It was impossible to say how many votes were coerced.