The lower house of Mexico's Congress passed contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election.
In a marathon session in which legislators were forced to meet in a gymnasium after protesters blocked the Congress building, the lower chamber approved the constitutional measure 359-135 in a party-line first vote.
The measure, which requires a two-thirds majority, was passed by a similar margin in a second-round vote later that morning, and is now headed to the Senate.
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