99 amparos have been submitted from Querétaro against the election process arising from the judicial reform, according to Ana Lilia Pérez Mendoza, executive member of the National Electoral Institute (INE). She highlighted that the electoral body processes the amparos, but it is not the resolving authority. These resources have paused the process at different stages, but since it is not a resolving body, the process continues its course.
These amparos are related to agreements, the reform itself, and articles of the Constitution. Pérez Mendoza explained that the arguments in electoral matters indicate that the amparo is not applicable and are being presented against the entire reform as a whole and the agreements approved by the INE Council.
The extraordinary electoral process will elect nine ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, five magistrates of the Judicial Discipline Tribunal, two magistrates of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation, and three magistrates of the Toluca Regional Chamber. At the local level, eight circuit magistrates and eight district judges will be elected.
Citizens were called to participate as electoral observers on election day, June 1. The placement of 1,385 polling stations is planned, with a single ballot box to receive votes, as each voter will receive 6 ballots. The budget for this process is 8 billion pesos.
Early voting this time will be allowed for people with physical impediments to go to the polling stations, as well as primary caregivers, excluding people in preventive detention. It is also expanded to those who, although they did not carry out their procedure under the assumption of home care, have an accident or illness that prevents them from voting in person on June 1. Requests must be sent by February 10 to voto.anticipado@ine.mx.
By January, there were 1,945,218 registrations in the electoral roll and 1,920,721 registrations in the nominal list.
