MEXICO CITY — Abysmal voter turnout, political polarization and voting “cheat sheets” were among the reasons an observation mission for Mexico’s historic judicial elections on Friday issued a recommendation to other countries in the region: don’t try this at home.

In their report, the electoral mission from the Organization of American States said the June 1 election was “extremely complex” and “polarizing,” and was marked by a “widespread lack of awareness” among voters about what they were voting for and who the thousands of candidates were.

Given the findings, the mission concluded that “it does not recommend this model of judge selection be replicated in other countries in the region.”

In Sunday’s vote, Mexicans elected 881 federal judges, including a new Supreme Court, and another

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