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Sheinbaum says Mexico’s electoral bodies must set rules for social media campaigning

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s National Electoral Institute and Electoral Tribunal should establish rules and limits for electoral propaganda on social media in the 2027 elections.
  • Sheinbaum said the autonomous electoral institute organizes elections, while the tribunal ultimately validates them.
  • She emphasized that Mexican citizens, rather than a private company, count the votes at polling stations.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s electoral authorities, not the executive branch, should define the limits of political advertising on social media ahead of the 2027 elections.

Who organizes the elections is the National Electoral Institute, it is an autonomous institution, and who ultimately validates the election is the Electoral Tribunal, and they have to define the rules and characteristics of social media propaganda.

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum said Mexico’s electoral bodies should regulate online campaign advertising.

Speaking at her morning news conference at the National Palace, Sheinbaum said the National Electoral Institute, known as INE, organizes elections and that the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, or TEPJF, ultimately validates them. Those institutions, she said, must determine the rules and characteristics governing online electoral propaganda.

“From my perspective, it is the National Electoral Institute, as always, that should define at least the limits in terms of propaganda,” Sheinbaum said.

From my perspective, it is the National Electoral Institute, as always, that should define at least the limits in terms of propaganda.

· Claudia SheinbaumHer view on which institution should set limits for electoral propaganda.

She also contrasted Mexico’s voting system with Colombia’s, where votes are counted by a private company, according to her remarks. “In Mexico, it is the citizens who count the votes,” she said, adding that Mexicans agree the INE should continue organizing elections and that polling-station representatives should count the ballots.

In Mexico, it is the citizens who count the votes.

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum contrasted Mexico’s vote-counting process with the system she described in Colombia.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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