Lopez Obrador leading Calderon in Mexican Vote Recount [Update: Calderon now leading]

www.easybourse.com ^ | 05 July 2006 | Tom Barkley

[chilepepper]

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a small lead in the final vote count being conducted by the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, based on results from 35.2% of polling stations, The Associated Press reported Wednesday afternoon.

Lopez Obrador, of the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, is ahead with 37.1%, while conservative Felipe Calderon of the ruling National Action Party, or PAN, has 34.3% of the vote, according to IFE.

A quick tally the night of Sunday's vote proved too close for IFE to call a winner, so election officials Wednesday started a full review of tallies compiled by polling stations. The process could take several days to complete.

In a preliminary vote count, Calderon led by a little over 400,000 votes, about 1 percentage point, with 98.5% of the country's more than 130,000 balloting places reporting.

Lopez Obrador's campaign has rejected the preliminary results and called on IFE to open ballot boxes and conduct a vote-by-vote recount, citing irregularities. Leonel Cota, president of the PRD, upped the stakes Wednesday by saying the campaign won't concede the election without a full recount.

While parties can appeal to district election officials to open ballot boxes for a recount, it's unclear if a nationwide recount is allowed under Mexican law.

[Codename - Ron Benjamin]

It's a delta% vs. time graph; the slope is quite useless since it depends on how fast are the numbers updated. Point well taken, I'd wish the rate were higher.

[La Enchiladita]

What's even funnier is FReeping with people a few miles away!!

[CedarDave]

And he continued the reason for that is so China will know how to jam our communications if they decide to attack Taiwan.

[BunnySlippers]

Are you in Los Angeles too???

[SideoutFred]

Positive movement


93.88% votes counted

Obrador 35.98%

Calderon 35.23%

Difference of 0.75%


Closes another 0.02%

[CedarDave]

After the recount is finished, political parties can challenge the results at Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal, which is made up of seven judges. Political analysts say the tribunal has been accused in the past of partisanship, especially in favor of the PRD.

Rejects from the Florida Supreme Court?

[StJacques]

Spread is .75% with 6.22% left to count.

¡Hágale Calderón!

[Mr Cobol]

Good to hear that, I had a phone call just as he was getting into it. I hadn't heard that angle anywhere else.

[conservative in nyc]

If 41,000,000 votes were cast, Obrador has about a 289,000 vote lead... and shrinking.

Magic number is 12.25%

[SideoutFred]

Shrum just told Obrador not to concede

:)

[La Enchiladita]

Sure am!

[Squeako]

At least one of us is drunk. I think it's the one on the right.

I don't know...I think the guy on the left is on something!
"Woooaaaahhh..."

This thread is a nail-biter! A fun one at that!

[SideoutFred]

No change


93.99% votes counted

Obrador 35.98%

Calderon 35.23%

Difference of 0.75%


Closes another 0.00%

[SideoutFred]

Whereabouts? I'm in La Palma...smallest city in Orange County right on the LA County border by Cerritos.

[conservative in nyc]

Tradesports is at 77.0 bid/80.0 offer for Calderon and 20.5 bid/24 offer for Obrador. A little better for Obrador, but not much.

[BohDaThone]

maybe someone with better spanish can translate this:

Declaran un receso hasta las 10:00 horas de este jueves, ya que dos juntas distritales registraron un retraso debido a que representantes partidistas han hecho diversas intervenciones para obligar a las autoridades a abrir los paquetes para contar voto por voto

Ella Grajeda El Universal Ciudad de México Jueves 6 de julio de 2006 00:08 El consejo de la junta local del IFE en el DF declaró un receso hasta mañana a las 10:00 horas, ya que en las juntas distritales 2 en Gustavo A. Madero y 23 en Coyoacán registraron un retraso debido a que representantes del PAN y de la Alianza por México han hecho diversas intervenciones para obligar a las autoridades a abrir los paquetes para contar voto por voto

La juta distrital dos se ubica en la colonia Lindavista, según el último informe, apenas había contabilizado el 35.43 por ciento de las casillas, en tanto que en la junta distrital 23, en la colonia El Caracol, llevan un avance del 60 por ciento.

Ignacio Ruelas, presidente consejero de la junta local del IFE en el DF, declaró un receso hasta que se terminen los dos consejos distritales.

En el último corte, informó que se llevaba un avance del 97 por ciento y se han abierto 215 paquetes para contabilizar voto por voto en las 27 juntas distritales.

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AS I read it, it says that the commission in the capital city count has knocked off for the night -- but I think it says that they are 97+% complete, which would be good news.

[SideoutFred]

.50 difference in Tradesports...practically a deadheat.

[La Enchiladita]

In West L.A. near Culver City.

[BunnySlippers]

Wow! Hollywood Hills here! One of these days maybe we'll Freep together. :)

[SideoutFred]

Knocked off for the night? With only 3% to go? Yeah, I'd love to know who is guarding those ballots for the next 8 hours. I hope this isn't true but my Spanish stinks so I'll take your word for it.