US EditionMexico's First-Ever Judicial Elections Draw International Scrutiny over Low Turnout, Process Flaws
- Mexico held its first-ever judicial elections on June 1, 2025, to fill over 880 federal judicial positions including Supreme Court ministers.
- These elections were held as a result of a constitutional amendment enacted in late 2024 that introduced the popular vote as the nationwide method for selecting judges.
- Observers from the Organization of American States noted low voter turnout, political polarization, limited funding, delayed polling stations, and electoral confusion.
- Only about 13% of eligible voters participated, with a high rate of null ballots, prompting the OAS mission to advise against replicating Mexico's judicial election model.
- Mexico's government and President Sheinbaum rejected the OAS recommendations, affirming national sovereignty in judicial selection and calling the elections a democratic success.
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Mexico's first-ever judicial elections draw international scrutiny over low turnout, process flaws
After observing Mexico’s judicial elections on June 1, the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) offered some blunt advice to other Western Hemisphere countries: don’t attempt to replicate “this model of selecting judges.” In a 34-page preliminary report published on June 6, the EOM expressed concern about “the low level of citizen participation” in the elections — around 13% of eligible voters — and no…
After the Organization of American States (OAS) recommended not replicating the model of Mexico’s judicial election in other countries of the region, Morena spoke out against “injerencism.” In turn, the National Action Party (PAN) “celebrated” the organization’s position, and considered that it “validated the warnings” made by the whitewash on the reform in the matter.
Claudia Sheinbaum Stares Down Mexico’s Highest Court
Mexican judges have threatened to throw their own president in jail for implementing constitutional reforms that subject them to direct elections. The effort is destined to fail, but the confrontation could set the tone for lawfare campaigns across the region.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, sent a strong message to the Organization of American States (OAS), demanding that it “keep” its observations and avoid interfering in the way in which the Mexican people sovereignly elected the new members of the Judiciary of the Federation (PJF). The president recalled that the statutes of the international organization itself prevent her from commenting on the sovereignty of the nations of the…
By CNN en Español The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SRE) this Saturday expressed its “firm rejection” of some considerations of the preliminary report of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the June 1 judicial elections. “An Electoral Observation Mission does not have the power to try to impose its own criteria on the way in which countries, in the use of their sovereignty, should shape thei…
By CNN en Español The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SRE) this Saturday expressed its “firm rejection” of some considerations of the preliminary report of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the June 1 judicial elections. “An Electoral Observation Mission does not have the power to try to impose its own criteria on the way in which countries, in the use of their sovereignty, should shape thei…
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