The only Candidates in Durango Force the Judiciary to Appoint a Judge Who Did Not Pass Through the Ballot Box

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Durango had an unprecedented judicial election on 2 June, when the judges and magistrates of the next decade were appointed for the first time in history by popular vote. 49 of the 1,800 local vacancies that were in dispute entered the elections of this northwest state. 49 was also, no more or less, the number of candidates to fill them. The evaluation committees of the three state powers agreed to present the same candidate, and only one, for e…