It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. According to the article there are still a number of steps before the results are finalized. Excerpt:
Election officials said they would not have an official result until Wednesday at the earliest, when local electoral boards in 300 districts will scrutinize and recount the official tallies from each of 130,000 polling places. Those results will be passed on to the state-level election officials, then sent to Federal Electoral Institute headquarters, who in turn will certify them and hand them over to a special electoral court on Sunday for approval.I can still remember that in 2000 and 2004 US Presidential elections the exit polling data was all messed up leading to lots of confusion! So we aren't alone in that!!
If one of the candidates contests the results before the tribunal, the legal wrangling over votes could lead to a recount in some districts or the annulment of some voters. Challenges could take weeks, even months. By law, the court must declare a winner by Sept. 6.
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Discrepancies between exit polls and the unofficial returns had raised many questions. The campaign has also received reports of irregularities at many polling places that Mr. López Obrador wants investigated.
The standoff in Gaza goes on.
When the Iraqi insurgency captured two US servicemen, the US and Iraqi government forces went looking for them. Eventually, the mutilated bodies were found and they were booby-trapped to injure and kill. The fact that DNA analysis was needed to insure proper identification tells you something about the condition of the bodies.
Question of the hour: what will the terrorists in Gaza do with the kidnapped Israeli soldier?
Hopefully, they will release him and the IDF can stand down.
I'm not optimistic though. When one side doesn't believe the other side has a right to exist, it is a little hard to negotiate. But one can hope change will happen.
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