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Low turnout in Mexico's first-ever judicial elections raises questions of legitimacy

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Mexico is to have an entirely new Supreme Court, and all nine of the incoming justices have ties to President Claudia Sheinbaum's leftist bloc. Only 13% of voters turned out to vote over the weekend, amid concerns that the unprecedented national election of thousands of judges was designed to favor the governing Morena party.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with NPR Mexico City correspondent Eyder Peralta.

This segment aired on June 5, 2025.

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