Mexican Leftist Candidate Wants 4 Percent of Votes Thrown Out

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Posted on: August 13th, 2006
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” Amid growing signs that a partial recount won’t change enough votes to make him president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador unveiled a new victory strategy Saturday: he wants the court to throw out results from nearly 5,000 polling places.

“Annulling (the results) from these polling places would change the balance of the election, and would mean that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador would be the winner,” said Claudia Sheinbaum, the leftist candidate’s top campaign aide.”

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