Overview

• Mexico’s electoral authority hosted the delivery of final reports from IFES, IDEA International and UNIORE on the 2024–2025 federal judicial election.
• The missions recognized the INE’s ability to run a first‑of‑its‑kind nationwide judicial vote under tight deadlines using ordered‑list ballots.
• Experts called national participation just over 13% and linked the low turnout to short campaign windows, polarization and heavy reliance on digital outreach.
• Observers said interest groups mass‑printed and distributed personal “acordeón” voting guides, urged prohibiting the mechanism in future contests and called for investigations into financing and distribution.
• IFES noted it did not observe guide use in its limited polling‑site sample, and the critiques follow the electoral tribunal’s 3–2 decision in August to validate the results.