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Today — 2 June 2025Main stream

Mexico Votes in Sprawling, First-Ever Judiciary Election

Voters were choosing the nine members of the Supreme Court on Sunday, along with more than 2,600 other judges and magistrates.

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A voting site in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, on Sunday.
Yesterday — 1 June 2025Main stream

Mexico’s Vote on Nearly 2,700 Judges Will Test Its Democracy

The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.

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A woman distributing pamphlets on judicial candidates in Mexico City on Wednesday. The sprawling elections are the most far-reaching judicial overhaul ever attempted by a large democracy.

Why Mexico’s Judicial Election is a Controversial Experiment

On June 1, Mexico will become the only country in the world to elect all of its judges and magistrates. Emiliano Rodriguez Mega, a New York Times reporter based in Mexico City, breaks down why this new approach is so controversial.

Mexico’s Judicial Election: What to Know

For the first time, Mexicans will vote for thousands of candidates to fill more than 2,600 positions in federal, state and local courts.

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Election materials being loaded onto a truck in Mexico City earlier this month in preparation for judicial elections on Sunday.
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