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Mexico’s Electoral Reform Tour Stops in Tijuana as Officials Pledge Cheaper, Fairer Elections

Officials set February for presenting a consolidated proposal following nationwide hearings.

Overview

  • The Tijuana hearing was led by Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez with Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila and drew civil society, academia, political parties and local authorities.
  • Rodríguez said the reform aims to improve representation, use public funds more efficiently, reduce election costs and expand access to electoral justice while preserving electoral autonomy.
  • Speakers from Baja California proposed electronic voting, indigenous representation and substantive gender parity, alongside ideas on migrant candidacies, overseas voting and online judicial processes.
  • The Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform, created by President Claudia Sheinbaum, is holding multiple forums each week across the country to collect input for a single initiative.
  • Officials added that cutting costs will not hinge solely on reducing party financing and that Congress will analyze and debate the proposal once the executive compiles and submits it.