Mexico Election still Mired

Aug 18
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The electoral court, which must rule on vote results before September 6, decided to recount only nine percent of the 130,477 voting booths, a process that ended Monday and whose results are still unknown.

Opposition alliance speaker Claudia Sheinbaum insisted if the TEPJF annuls the results of 7,532 polling booths where the recounting proved serious alterations, it would confirm the win of Lopez Obrador.

According to the coalition, different fraudulent actions gave 149,653 additional ballots to the pro-government nominee and took away 692,299 from the opposition candidate.

Those denunciations were rejected by governing PAN and Calderon, who designated his work group to coordinate the transfer of powers scheduled for December 1.

Meanwhile, thousands from the For the Good of All alliance remain assembled in camps installed on the streets and squares of the nation in peaceful civil resistance against possible electoral fraud and to defend democracy.

Faced rumors they will be evicted on Saturday by the Police, Lopez Obrador reaffirmed his movement will avoid confrontations with security forces but will keep on sitting.

He reiterated if the electoral court recognizes the fraud and the imposition of Calderon, they will define actions to take on September 16 at Mexico City s Zocalo square.
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