Overview

• Mexico’s voters elected around 880 federal judges, including all Supreme Court justices, alongside hundreds of state magistrates on June 1 in the nation’s first judicial polls.
• Just 13% of the electorate cast ballots as many faced lengthy, nonpartisan ballots and had little information on the more than 7,700 candidates.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum defended the vote as a democratic advance that will root out corrupt judges and strengthen judicial independence.
• Rights groups and experts cautioned that complex procedures and limited transparency could expose the system to political manipulation and organized crime influence.
• Protests in Mexico City voiced concerns that an elected judiciary may weaken checks on the ruling party and politicize the courts.