Overview
- Konrad Adenauer México released a multidisciplinary review Thursday that warns the 2025 judicial vote put judicial independence at risk and drew only about 13% turnout.
- The study says prefilled voting lists known as “acordeones” told voters which numbers to write for favored candidates and strongly matched the final results.
- Researchers report ballots required writing numbers instead of marking names, more than 120 ballot models had errors, and observers saw ballot photos, group voting, and intimidation.
- In Supreme Court races, all nine winners were proposed by the Executive, while the report says 65% of elected federal magistrates came from Executive-backed slates and no Judiciary insiders won seats on the Court.
- The authors call for redesigned ballots that let voters cross out names, mandatory “3de3” disclosures, criminal penalties for using acordeones or photographing ballots, and a mixed selection model for the 2027 round.