Thursday, July 5, 2012

Mexico's Presidential Election Not So Clean After All

An electoral worker recounts votes at a district office of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute Photo: REUTERS

Mexico's Presidential Election Tainted By Claims Of Vote Buying -- Washington Post

MEXICO CITY — In their eagerness to assure the world that Sunday’s election was free and fair, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the country’s top electoral officials seem to have glossed over a few dirty details.

The election, it appears, might not have been so squeaky clean after all.

That is the suspicion emerging here, in the days after preliminary vote tallies by Mexico’s Federal Election Institute (IFE) gave Enrique Peña Nieto a six percentage point win over second-place finisher Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who represents the country’s left.

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More News On Allegations Of Fraud In Mexico's Presidential Election

Mexico: Recounts for more than half the ballot boxes -- CNN
Mexico: major recount underway after fraud claims -- The Telegraph
Mexico's president-elect shrugs off claims of vast vote-buying, coercion in election -- MSNBC
Mexico recounting more than half presidential vote -- FOX News/AP
Mexico faces partial recount in presidential election -- BBC
Mexico Orders Partial Vote Recount of Presidential Ballots -- Voice of America
Mexicans await definitive presidential election result -- AFP
Final Mexican results confirming Pena Nieto win -- Reuters

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