[Shuttle Shucker]

Hi Saint. Regarding:

>>>"yes, let's get all those reports in here and compare them with the official counting done by the IFE." Once they start that process, any consideration of counting the ballots by hand will be over and that will send Lopez Obrador and the PRD into a rabid rage.<<<

I'm not sure I understand your reasoning there. Meanwhile, the precautious side of me is concerned that some will worry that they haven't "bent over backwards" UNLESS there's a vote-by-vote recount nationwide (and Mexico lacks an electoral college system, for those here who have wondered why this is taking longer than Floriduh did). I sure would like for there to be some closure to this though, although I think we'll all miss your fine updates :-)

[StJacques]

"I'm not sure I understand your reasoning there."

Lopez Obrador and company want a complete hand recount of all individual ballots cast in the election. That has nothing to do with computers. The charge that there was "cybernetic manipulation" of the vote refers to the IFE's posting of the vote totals contained in the official vote reports, i.e. the Actas, as they were posted in the preliminary count and the official count. Therefore, by asking the Tribunal to look into this charge of "cybernetic manipulation" of the vote AMLO et al. are asking the court to compare the actual vote totals contained in the Actas (the documents themselves) with what was tallied and reported by the IFE using its own computing system software. That may turn out to be a big mistake.