Overview

• The General Council approved handing constancias de mayoría to candidates previously ruled ineligible over grade averages, complying with Sala Superior rulings issued this month.
• Multiple outlets reported 45 cases processed overall, with some coverage detailing 33 magistrate and judge posts and others focusing on 16 mixed-judge seats.
• TEPJF determined that verifying promedios—commonly cited as 8 in the law degree and 9 in the relevant specialty—is the legal attribution of the Comités de Evaluación, not the INE’s.
• Councillors Dania Ravel, Carla Humphrey, Claudia Zavala and Martín Faz criticized the tribunal’s decisions as inconsistent and said there is no certainty the restored winners meet constitutional thresholds.
• INE president Guadalupe Taddei said the verification methodology should be defined in the forthcoming Commission for Electoral Reform to avoid similar disputes before the 2027 judicial election.