Mexico: Calderon's unofficial lead shrinking as recount begins today

Controversy has surrounded 3.5 million uncounted ballots that were deemed with “inconsistencies” and may perhaps overturn conservative Felipe Calderon’s hair-thin 1% lead over leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The Mexican media has cited an election official that declared that tallying most of the uncounted ballots would reduce Calderon’s lead to 0.6%. This has fueled the fire of an electoral challenge by AMLO as Mexico’s electoral board starts today a simple recount of the ballots.

(Image depicts a protestor holding a marked ballot she claimed was left on a street).

Update: Blogger Mark in Mexico sheds some light on the millions of uncounted ballots.

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