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AMLO has obviously studied from SoreLoserMan, with the notable exception that Al Gore does not have a long-established habit of calling up mob violence when he does not get his way. If the Distrito Federal police chief is in his pocket it is all too obvious that he plans to burn the house down around him.

Ironically, we have all noted by now the stories that show the Mexican elections are in fact far cleaner and more foolproof than ours (photo/fingerprint voter ID, ink-dipped finger, color-coded ballots (for illiterates), absentee ballots available only for those who request them six months in advance, etc).

"Ironically, we have all noted by now the stories that show the Mexican elections are in fact far cleaner and more foolproof than ours (photo/fingerprint voter ID, ink-dipped finger, color-coded ballots (for illiterates), absentee ballots available only for those who request them six months in advance, etc)."

I live in Louisiana and let me tell you that I would LOVE to implement those kinds of security procedures in my state, especially in New Orleans.

I regard the Mexican vote counting procedures as quite trustworthy, though I did hear some stories about a lack of printed ballots preventing some people from voting in Mexico City that were a little worrisome. But given that the local government there is controlled by the PRD, that has to be written off to incompetence, not intent, since that is a PRD bastion.

Every single vote counting report that was prepared in Mexico was signed by the locally-certified representatives of the major parties before it became an official document. And I have not heard one story about any falsified documents of the vote count yet.