Leftist candidate to challenge Mexico's election
Source: USA Today
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that he will ask Mexico's electoral court to invalidate the results of the July 1 presidential ballot, charging there was vote buying and campaign overspending by the winner of official vote counts.
He said the formal petition would be filed with the Federal Electoral Tribunal by Thursday night.
The court has until early September to deal with any challenges and determine whether to validate the presidential election in which Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party finished first with just over 38 percent of the votes.
Lopez Obrador, of the Democratic Revolution Party, also said that next week he will reveal what he called "a national plan in defense of democracy and Mexico's dignity. He didn't give any hints on what the plan would entail, but said he and his supporters would act peacefully.
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Take heed fellow Democrats.
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