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Mexican Electoral Democracy Dims as ‘Plan B’ Reaches Senate Approval

By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “Plan B” electoral reform to Mexico’s secondary laws passed through the Mexican Senate on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with 63 votes in favor and 53 votes against, setting the stage for López Obrador to follow through on his long-term intentions to prune back the powers of the country’s autonomous electoral

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‘Plan B’ Braces for Backlash from Private Sector, Opposition Parties

By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) managed to squeeze its controversial ‘plan b’ electoral reforms into passage by the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a last-minute legislative presentation and vote on the matter in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7, Morena’s fast-tracked course of action has received major backlash from

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AMLO’s Contentious ‘Plan B’ Electoral Reforms Pass Chamber of Deputies

By KELIN DILLON Following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) failure to sufficiently reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass his controversial electoral reform to the Mexican Constitution in the Chamber of Deputies, the federal executive followed through on his intentions to impose a “plan b” electoral reform to the nation’s secondary laws in the early hours of Wednesday,

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