One more story on Mexico’s judicial elections, from the Wall Street Journal:

Weak requirements for candidates risk elevating underqualified magistrates. Drug cartels could try to influence elections for judges who work at high-security prisons where top criminals are locked up, said Eduardo Guerrero, a Mexico City-based security consultant.

In Poland, from the Associated Press:

Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%.

The race had Poland on edge since a first round of voting two weeks earlier, revealing deep divisions in the country along the eastern flank of NATO and the European Union.

And the New York Times on the upcoming election in South Korea, with this note:

Mr. Lee still faces his own legal jeopardy: he has been on trial on several criminal charges, including violating election laws. There is a legal debate over whether his trials should continue if he wins the election or should be suspended until after his five-year term. The nation’s Constitution doesn’t provide a clear answer. The Constitutional Court will likely have to weigh in.