Mexico

Mexico: Cost of Registration and Elections.

Author Carlos Navarro discusses the approach in Mexico to managing electoral costs in this fifth of nine case studies made available to ACE courtesy of the IFES-UNDP Cost of Registration and Elections (CORE) Project.

Mexico: 2006 Presidential Elections - NDI Election Watch Bullettin 4 (2006).

This is the fourth and final edition of a series of bulletins on the Mexican electoral process of 2006 and the main political and electoral events. The bulletin provides information on the development of the electoral contest, on campaign finance, election results, post-election events, and national and international electoral observation initiatives, among others.

Mexico: BBC News - Q&A on election crisis (2006)

More than two months after the elections in Mexico, the conservative Felipe Calderon has been declared president-elect. But left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insists the election was rigged and does not accept the official result.

Mexico: Explaining the Credibility Gap in Mexico’s 2006 Presidential Election, Despite Strong (Albeit Perfectable) Electoral Institutions (2006)

While none of the vote-annulling claims made by Mexico presidential election loser Andrés Manuel López Obrador were backed by reliable evidence, he raised questions about the election’s credibility. This article, written by Todd A. Eisenstadt and Alejandro Poiré, claims that while part of the explanation lies in López Obrador’s ability to frame the election within Mexico’s now-defunct tradition of fraudulent elections, obstacles to full electoral transparency in Mexico do remain, and of a sufficient magnitude to justify further electoral reforms according to the authors.

Electoral Law (2006)

Federal Code of Institutions and Electoral Procedures (Código Federal de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales).