Overview
- The SCJN validated Coahuila’s electoral-code change allowing candidate photographs on gubernatorial and municipal ballots, with effect in future local elections rather than next year’s midterm.
- The approved opinion asserts that a photograph by itself does not constitute persuasive messaging or confer an unfair advantage.
- The Court found no federal requirement in the Constitution or LEGIPE for a specific ballot format, affirming state discretion to set design features.
- Morena, PT and Movimiento Ciudadano had filed five constitutional challenges, while dissenters including Lenia Batres and María Estela Ríos warned of inequity and the personalization of party-based votes.
- Justices also replaced the concept of 'votación emitida' with 'votación depura' for representation calculations, excluding null votes and ballots for unregistered or deregistered parties.