Posted on 07/06/2006 6:42:11 AM PDT by areafiftyone
MEXICO CITY (AP) Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he will legally challenge the results in Mexico's closest election ever
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With some 99.2 percent of the vote tallies counted after Sunday's election, Calderon of the National Action Party had 35.77 percent compared to 35.42 percent for Lopez Obrador of Democratic Revolution. About 150,000 votes out of more than 41 million cast separated the two.
Lopez Obrador had led throughout the official count until he was overtaken by Calderon with 97 percent of the vote tallies recorded early Thursday. Ruling party officials said Lopez Obrador had been ahead only because his supporters had been stalling the count with protests in Calderon's strongholds.
Once the count is complete, it can be disputed before the tribunal. A winner must be declared by Sept. 6.
Lopez Obrador demanded that electoral officials carry out a manual ballot-by-ballot count, instead of just tallying vote totals as they have been doing.
But Luis Carlos Ugalde, president of the Federal Electoral Institute, said that was not possible.
"Mexican law is very clear on when a ballot box can be opened: only when there are problems with the vote tallies, when the tally sheet has obviously been changed, or when the box has been tampered with," Ugalde said.
I place the blame on the liberals in the United States for setting the example that even the will of the people can be challenged and overturned in a biased court system- and using the standard, 'every vote counts' as a mask to engage in fraud.
Why do they keep referring to this dood as a leftie? wouldn't the proper term be "communist" ?
Is there a difference? ;)
You gotta keep shopping for recounts until you get the one you like.
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