Two weeks ahead of Mexico's midterm vote, an electoral movement is gaining ground-or at least headlines. Known as voto en blanco or voto nulo, the movement calls on voters to submit annulled ballots as a way to signal anger with the country's main political parties, corruption, and violent crime. "Voting for the least bad candidate is like buying the least rotten fruit," José Antonio Crespo of the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas told TIME. "I prefer to leave a note saying, ‘Hey. All your fruit is rotten. I'll come back next time and I hope you have something fresh and edible.'" Up for grabs in the July 5 elections are 128 federal senate position, the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, six governorships, and hundreds of local offices.

The movement in support of voto en blanco won attention online, particularly through YouTube videos. One shows a cake in the shape of Mexico being torn apart by three men representing the main political parties-the governing National Action Party (PAN), the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). As many as 15 percent of Mexicans may annul their votes, according to a new poll. Last week the movement earned the endorsement of Dulce María Sauri, the former head of the PRI and ex-governor of the Yucatan state. Sauri said voters should take the action as a way to reject "the powers that be."  Read more>>