What’s At Stake in the 2015 Elections

MEXICO - Report 17 Jun 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary By August all political parties will begin to tailor their every pronouncement, legislative vote and discourse with an eye toward what is most likely to attract support and minimize the risk of alienating voters ahead of the 2015 elections. There will be a lot at stake next June, including all 500 seats in the lower house of Congress, 650 state legislators and thousands of municipal offices. There are major hurdles to clear, beginning with the urgent need for 17 states to bring their local electoral rules and systems in line with the federal system that emerged from the la...

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