US EditionMexico Elects Judges Among Scores of Little-Known Candidates
- On June 1, 2025, Mexican citizens voted in an unprecedented election to choose 881 federal judges and magistrates nationwide, including all Supreme Court members.
- This historic electoral process followed a 2024 reform promoted by former President López Obrador to allow popular vote in judicial appointments, with 19 states renewing local judges simultaneously.
- Over 3,400 candidates, many of whom are not widely recognized, ran for federal and local judicial positions across various color-coded ballots, with election officials responsible for sorting ballots and district councils tasked with the final vote counts.
- Political analyst Gisela Rubach estimated an 8% to 12% voter turnout, among the lowest in Mexico’s democratic history, with critics warning the election may politicize courts and weaken judicial independence.
- The election could reshape the judiciary’s balance of power, potentially increasing President Sheinbaum’s influence but raising concerns about undermining checks on her party and legal impartiality.
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For the first time, more than 2,000 positions in the judiciary have been filled by a vote. The opposition boycotted the election; leftists fear that only elites will be exchanged.
Santa Maria Times
KPBSMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans had to elect their judges at the polls, and some went to vote Sunday unsure of how to do it or who to support. Others simply decided not to participate in the…
The election of judges in Mexico failed to capture the interest of the population: according to various estimates the influx to the polling stations would not have exceeded 15% of the list composed of about 98 million voters. The final results are not yet known, although it is estimated that on Monday those members of the Supreme Court composed of nine ministers will be informed. The most voted candidate will be the head of the highest court. Of…
Ciudad Juárez.- Although many did not understand how to vote and did not know all the candidates, the inhabitants of the raramuri community in Ciudad Juárez came this Sunday to exercise their right to elect the judges and magistrates, during the first electoral day of their type in the country. “For us democracy is very important, that is why it is promoted in the colony, that is why many young people and also adults of more than 80 years came; …
Mexico votes for judges for first time amid light turnout
Mexican voters headed to the polls on Sunday to begin picking judges in an unprecedented election that could give President Claudia Sheinbaum broad influence over a revamped judiciary, the only branch of government her leftist party doesn’t control.
Mexico had an unprecedented election on June 1st. It is the first country, according to the international community, to elect its judges by popular vote.
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