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8/7/2020 SUP-JRC-0168-2016 III. RESOLUTIVO ÚNICO. Se CONFIRMA la sentencia impugnada, en la parte que fue objeto de impugnación. NOTIFÍQUESE: como corresponda. Devuélvanse los documentos atinentes y, en su oportunidad, archívese el expediente como asunto concluido. Así, por unanimidad de votos, lo resolvieron y firmaron los Magistrados que integran la Sala Superior del Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, en ausencia de la Magistrada María del Carmen Alanis Figueroa y del Magistrado Salvador Olimpo Nava Gomar, éste último ponente en el presente asunto, por lo que lo hace suyo el Magistrado Presidente Constancio Carrasco Daza, ante la Secretaria General de Acuerdos que autoriza y da fe. Rúbricas. https://www.te.gob.mx/colecciones/sentencias/html/SUP/2016/JRC/SUP-JRC-00168-2016.htm 23/23

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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)

Judgment

Question Presented: Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.

Alleged Acts: The Institutional Revolutionary Party alleges that Miguel Angel Yunes Linares that Facebook and internet posts made by Linares constitute campaign acts. The posts included two video interviews of the candidate, two videos entitled “no to photo fines” and “vehicle verification”, information regarding the pre-candidate broadcast, a note indicating that the candidate would remove photo fines and vehicle verification.

Procedural history: The lower court indicated that the Facebook concluded that the posts did not constitute anticipated acts of campaigns, but were instead criticisms of the Veracruz government and extended past the scope of a pre-campaign electoral materials.

Summary: The court determined that the videos clearly indicated that the candidate was running for office, but did not contain express or implicit requests to vote for the candidate. The Electoral Code classifies electoral pre-campaigns as actions that seek to select candidates who will be registered in political parties for that upcoming election. For example, these may include meetings, marches, images, publications, projections, expressions, or similar activities that have the objective intent of obtaining support to be nominated and ascertain a vote. Thus, the finding that the candidate did not seek a particular vote is crucial to the determination that there was not an objective intent for campaign activity.

Conclusion: The court confirmed the contested judgment.

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Social Media

Region: Americas

Country: Mexico

Language of Decision

Spanish

Court: Electoral Court

Election Type: General

Date of decision: Apr 25, 2016

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Latitude: 19.43318644

Longitude: -99.13401778

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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)

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