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Considering how much ridicule she endured from political opponents during and after the 2000 Florida presidential election recount debacle, it's almost astounding that Katherine Harris would willingly put herself in a position to be the butt of more jokes. But as a candidate in the absurd political circus that has been the Republican Senate primary race, that is just what the former Secretary of State and two-term congresswoman has done, and she now finds herself imploding on the eve of the primary election next Tuesday, painted as a bumbling, Starbucks-swilling, intolerant party pariah...
Judges reject full-recount request With protesters claiming fraud in the July 2 presidential vote, Mexican courts ordered a partial recount. Supporters of challenger Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed to keep demonstrating...
...voters (0.58%). Calderón is doing his best to talk and act as a president-elect, but the alliance backing the center-left candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claims its man won but the counting was crooked, and is demanding a ballot-by-ballot recount to prove their case. So, the outcome will be determined by how the electoral tribunal, known by its Spanish initials TEPJ, responds to the demand for a recount...
...TEPJ, which is empowered to make a binding decision on the outcome, and is required to do so by Sept. 6, agreed Thursday to hear proposals from each of the campaigns. Obrador's supporters have demanded a recount in the presence of magistrates, on camera, with representatives of all parties present - a process they estimate will take between 6 and 12 days. But the PAN insists that its man won fair and square, and flatly rejects a recount...
...TEPJ could accept Obrador's challenge to the process and order a recount. Obrador has said his alliance will accept any outcome as long as the process is transparent. But if the recount makes Obrador the winner, there is a danger that PAN would resort to "civil disobedience," as it has done in the past, like closing federal highways or organizing sit-ins in public offices, and make it difficult for Obrador to govern. The center-left candidate won't find it any easier to win a congressional majority for his policies than would Calder...