More than 34,000 people have registered as candidates for 881 posts in elections next year that will make Mexico the first country to choose all its judges, at every level, by popular vote, data released on Monday showed.

More than 18,000 people have registered online to run for Supreme Court seats and federal judgeships in Mexico’s contentious new selection process.

Mexico's first round of elections of judges by popular vote, the product of a contentious constitutional overhaul passed in September, could be pushed back by around three months if the Senate accepts a request by the electoral authority to postpone them,

Over 18,000 individuals in Mexico registered online to run to become Supreme Court justices and federal judges. A constitutional reform put in place in September mandates that all federal judges run for election;