1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgLaura Carlsenhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/laura-carlsen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bw3PtkVHjB"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1408-open-forum-from-the-polls-or-the-populace/">Open Forum</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1408-open-forum-from-the-polls-or-the-populace/embed/#?secret=bw3PtkVHjB" width="600" height="338" title="“Open Forum” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="bw3PtkVHjB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Three years ago Mexico ended more than 70 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with the election of Vicente Fox. Since then Mexico has rushed from euphoria to apathy in record time. In the July 6th federal and state elections, 59 percent of registered voters abstained. Mexico appears to have been […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402