Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Mexico election recount

  • MEXICO CITY — Mexican electoral authorities said Wednesday they will recount more than half the ballot boxes used in the weekends presidential elections after finding inconsistencies in the vote tallies.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was born in Macuspana, in the southern state of Tabasco, in 1953. He joined the PRI in 1976 to actively collaborate in Carlos Pellicers campaign for a senate seat for Tabasco.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • While the recount isnt likely to upset the outcome is prohibited by the constitution from running for re-election. Lopez Obrador, a longtime leading leftist and former Mexico City mayor, accused the PRI of overspending.
  • (International Business Times)
  • GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Mexico's election watchdog has ordered a recount of more than half of the votes cast in the presidential ballot after the runner-up cried foul, Mexican newspapers reported today.
  • (GlobalPost)
  • MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicos Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) said on Wednesday regional election authorities must decide whether to recount the votes from Sundays presidential election after the leftist runner-up alleged fraud and asked for a recount.
  • (star.com.my)
  • MEXICO CITY, July 3 (UPI) -- Leftist Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday he is seeking a recount of Sundays election.
  • (United Press International)
  • The second-place finisher, former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom many young protesters support, said Tuesday that he was contesting the election as plagued with irregularities and demanding a full recount.
  • (nola.com)
  • Elections are nothing new in Mexico. The country's distinct brand of authoritarianism He refused to accept a full recount or even allow citizen access to the ballots after the election was over, casting a long shadow of doubt over his 0.
  • (YAHOO!)

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