Luck of the Draw Supposedly Reigns Supreme at the New INE
It’s the influence that the INE’s new ranks may have on the institute’s vitally autonomous and democratic elections in Mexico that’s causing much concern
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Internal Mudfest Breaks Out over Plan B during INE Session
Cordova said that the passage of Plan B is a “setback of intolerance and arbitrariness, and an abuse of power to the detriment of the citizen’s democratic conquests”
Read moreSupreme Court Reworks Judgment on INE’s Mandate Consultation
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) ordered the autonomous National Electoral Institute (INE) to follow through with its mandate revocation consultation as far as the confines of its predetermined annual budget will allow it, and similarly created a protective shield for the INE’s General Council members from any criminal responsibility administrative action surrounding the process.
Read moreMorena Looks to Purge Mexico’s Electoral Institute
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena), in an effort led by the party’s Senator Ricardo Monreal, will now look to reform the country’s General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF), removing all its current members in the process. “It is a very ambitious reform in electoral
Read moreINE Rules Against Candidacy of Félix Salgado
By KELIN DILLON The Inspection Commission of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) has called for the cancellation of the candidacy of controversial Guerrero gubernatorial candidate Félix Salgado Macedonio, following his failure to report campaign spending. The independent organization argued that Salgado failed to provide a pre-campaign expense report as mandated by the General Law of Electoral Institutions and Procedures (LGIPE),
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