Constitutional amendment allowing annulment of elections for foreign interference advances in Mexico

Amid fierce criticism from opposition groups, Mexico’s senate has passed ‌a constitutional amendment to include “foreign interference” as grounds to annul election results in the country. The bill, which was presented by the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, defines foreign interference as “illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic ⁠dissemination of misinformation, digital manipulation, and ⁠the intervention of foreign governments ⁠or agencies”. [ . . . ] The amendment has already been passed by the lower house of congress and now needs to be ratified by a majority of Mexico’s 32 states. Sheinbaum’s Morena controls 24 statehouses.
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