Overview
- Commission chief Pablo Gómez said the panel will study shifting the judicial vote to avoid the June 2027 midterms, with INE councillors proposing October or November.
- After meeting with Sala Superior magistrates, the commission pledged to correct legal and logistical errors that complicated the first judicial election.
- Magistrates urged the reform to incorporate TEPJF jurisprudence and to rethink mechanisms such as lottery-based candidacies, three committees with differing criteria, a complex geographic map, and weakened affirmative actions.
- The agenda includes tightening rules on premature campaign acts and strengthening evidentiary standards in electoral matters.
- Magistrate Felipe de la Mata pressed to replace a one-size-fits-all four-day impugnation window with differentiated, electronic procedures and more realistic deadlines.