From ballot box to court
Was the presidential election legal?Mexico election: Lopez Obrador challenges result
The runner-up in Mexico's presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has filed a legal challenge to the result of the 1 July vote.
He said he would prove that illicit money was used to buy votes and secure the victory of centrist candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, who denies this. election: Lopez Obrador challenges result
PRD leaders bring documents to the IFE
Mr Lopez Obrador, from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), lodged the challenge to Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) just hours before the midnight filing deadline.
"The purchase and manipulation of millions of votes cannot give certainty to any result nor to the overall electoral process," he told reporters...
The IFE will early next week submit the complaints and the evidence to the Federal Electoral Court. The court has until early September to address the complaints and rule on the validity of the election.
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:55 AM
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