Mexican court commences deliberations over presidential election, while leftist wins Chiapas elections

Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal (image via CTV) discarded complaints by supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as hearings began this morning in order to decide once and for all who was the victor in July’s presidential lections. The Tribunal has yet to declare Felipe Calderon as the winner though they did acknowledge small, changes in the vote tally after a recount of 9% of the ballot boxes. According to Mexican law, all electoral complaints must be resolved by August 31^st and a winner has to be certified by September 6^th.

In the meantime, leftist candidate Juan Sabines was declared the winner of the election for governor of Chiapas by approximately 6300 votes. It is unknown if Sabines’ victory will be contested by any of the other candidates.

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