Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has approved a constitutional reform that has been ratified by 20 of 32 state legislatures, crossing the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional amendments. The reform bans reelection for elected officials, prohibits nepotism in public institutions, eliminates “golden pensions” for electoral officials, caps salaries and benefits for electoral councilors and magistrates at or below the president’s, limits municipal councils to 15 members, and caps state congress budgets at 0.7% of state spending. Opposition parties PAN and PRI voted against it, calling the speed of ratification a “legislative steamroller” State legislatures must harmonize local laws by May 30, 2026. The reforms also simplify voting procedures for the 2027 judicial election and modifies Articles 115, 116, and 134 of the Constitution.