Mexico's Judicial Election Sees Disappointingly Low Turnout

Mexico's Judicial Election Sees Low Turnout: INE Estimates Participation at 12-13% Mexico City – Preliminary estimates from the National Electoral Institute (INE) indicate a low voter turnout in Mexico's recent judicial elections. INE President Guadalupe Taddei reported that based on a sample of 1,644 polling stations, experts project citizen participation to be between 12.57% and 13.32%. "The specialists who conducted this estimation are experts in statistics and mathematics," Taddei explained in a recent press conference. "They designed a representative sample of all the sectional polling stations installed in the country to estimate the percentage of citizen participation with the greatest precision." The low turnout raises questions about citizen engagement in the judicial process. Further analysis will be needed to understand the factors contributing to the low participation rate. The INE's efforts to provide reliable information to the public are commendable, even if the participation numbers are concerning.