Mexicans Vote in First-Ever Judicial Election

Mexican lawmakers passed several judicial reforms in September 2024, setting the stage for the country’s first-ever direct vote to elect judges at all levels.

A man cast his vote at a polling station during the world-first Mexican elections for all judges and magistrates in the town of San Juan, Cadereyta Jiménez municipality, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, on June 1, 2025. Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images

Mexicans are voting on June 1 in the country’s first-ever judicial election. The outcome will determine the composition of the country’s court system, from the lowest level magistrate courts up to the Supreme Court.

In all, the country is set to remake its judiciary branch in two rounds of voting.