The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) has decided that nicknames will not appear on the ballots for the judicial election. This resolution rejects the inclusion of nicknames as a strategy to highlight candidates against their opponents, arguing that such practice would go against the principles of equity and impartiality in the elections.
According to the agreement reached in the session, adding nicknames to the ballots would hinder readability and the exercise of voting. Among the proposed nicknames are "the magistrate of change" for José Blanco Castro and "judge of the nation" for Juan José Pulido Rogel.
Regarding the design of the ballots for the judicial election, the INE has prepared six different types of ballots for the 2024-2025 Extraordinary Electoral Process. Each of these ballots, identified by colors, corresponds to different judicial instances for which votes will be cast, such as the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the Judicial Discipline Tribunal, among others.
Each ballot will include detailed information such as the name of the electoral process, the federal entity, the electoral district, the subject matter specialty of each candidate, and other relevant elements. This, according to the INE, aims to provide certainty and facilitate the voting process for citizens on June 1.
So far, 24 applications have been received from candidates seeking to be registered with some nickname. Among them is Marco Antonio Rojo Olavarría, who intended to be known as "the judge of AMLO" in reference to former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as proposals like "the judge of the 4T" or "the judge of the people." Six other candidates also wanted to use the word "people" as part of their nickname.
In summary, the INE has opted to exclude nicknames from the ballots to safeguard the principle of equity in the electoral process, ensuring that elections are conducted transparently and fairly.
