Nigeria, June 2 -- Mexico has become the first country in the world to elect judges on every court by popular vote.

Citizens of the country trooped to the polls on Sunday to elect the nearly 2,600 candidates to replace the judges and magistrates in the country.

This makes Mexico one of the few countries in the world to elect their judges instead of appointing them. While some judges are elected in places such as the US and Switzerland, Mexico becomes the first country to elect all its judges, up to the Supreme Court.

The election was held amid controversy and confusion among voters, many of whom struggled to understand a polling process which is set to transform the country's court system.

This is part of a reform pushed by former Pre...