Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is now requesting a vote-by-vote recount of ballots in Mexico’s election, in which the initial count showed he lost to Felipe Calderon by just over 1%. The NY Times has this report and the AP this one, which reports that it’s not clear whether the demand for a full recount will be met. Election officials acknowledge that at least three million of the 41 million votes cast weren’t counted, but say this is because they were marked incorrectly or otherwise appeared to be invalid.
Does any of this sound familiar?