Mexico: Presidential Election Ballots Found in Dump

[kpete]

Mexico Presidential Election Ballots Found in Dump

RAW STORY
Published: Thursday July 6, 2006


As the apparent victor in Mexico's presidential election switched back and forth Thursday morning, ballots were found in a garbage dump, RAW STORY has learned. The news was accompanied by various wire reports showing that left wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador had rejected findings that his opponent Felipe Calderón was the winner.

Although official tallies indicated a victory for Calderón of 0.3%, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported that 10 ballot boxes and a polling station report were found in a garbage dump in a poor neighbourhood in Mexico City, according to Reuters. The ballots came from three precincts in the city of Nezahuacoyotl, a López Obrador stronghold according to the website Narco News.

In another indication of electoral fraud, ballots were also found in another garbage dump in the city of Xalapa, the capital of the Mexican State of Veracruz. Parts of the Spanish language report were translated by a contributor to a discussion board at the website Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2373785&mesg_id=2373785.

A State Department spokesman had earlier declared that "Mexico has a vibrant and dynamic democracy and Mexican institutions are fully capable of dealing with any -- you know, with any irregularities and ensuring the principles of rule of law and transparency."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Mexico_Presidential_Election_Ballots_Found_in_0706.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3722455a12,00.html

[Skink]

1. Does Mexico have a supreme court?

[ginnyinWI]

9. Mexico uses a special court for the election.

That court has the last word as to who wins.

[marmar]

2. Gee, this sounds familiar.

:think:

[nashville_brook]

3. k n r -- wow! DU cited!

[reichstag911]

4. Florida, Ohio, Mexico,...

...same shit, different banana republic.

[rman]

5. Haiti...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Haitian_Elections

[Lasher]

6. How primitive

They should mechanize their voting system so that votes can be discarded by a computerized central tabulator. Disposal of those annoying paper ballots can be chore.

[IndyOp]

8. Aaaarrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhh! Do NOT make me laugh about e-voting!

"Disposal of those annoying paper ballots can be chore."

:rofl: :spank: :rofl: :spank:

[Sherman A1]

7. Would

Have thought they would have used a shredder

[IndyOp]

12. I don't think the US State Dept had

the funding to provide shredders for this election.

This should teach 'em -- next time BUY SHREDDERS!

[Lasher]

13. I heard they received shredders

but the instructions were in French. They must have been re-used from Canada's recent election.

[IndyOp]

16. Canada's recent election?

What? Foul play in Canada's election? Are you SERIES? :shrug:

[MissWaverly]

18. no, remember they outsource everything

imagine this on the Sopranos, they would have gotten the coke head to do this so in case
anyone was caught it would be a low level underling. So the coke head is going to do the
fastest thing, dump 'em in the dump and he's outta there.

[Kolesar]

10. Bush will exhume Blackjack Pershing and send him to Mexico...

...to "restore order" if Obrador wins.

[Triana]

11. Uh-huh. Looks like the GOP was 'coaching' them on how to steal elections

in Mexico. Same M.O., different country.

[AspenRose]

14. Oooh, Veracruz. Has strong african/black mexican ties.

And poor sections of Mexico City being disenfranchised.

Surprise, surprise. Same Freakin' M.O. x(

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. Be sure to READ GREG PALAST'S ARTICLES ON STOLEN MEXICAN ELECTION:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=437351
thread title (6-30-06): STEALING MEXICO - by Greg Palast

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1556158
thread title (7-3-06): Dispatch from Mexico City: Stealing it in Front of Your Eyes - Greg Palast

Greg Palast says the bushies are involved in this debacle, supporting their favored candidate in their typical fashion. They're not "exporting democracy," they're doing the polar opposite: exporting ELECTION FRAUD.

Another thread on the ballots found in the trash dump:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2373785
thread title (7-6-06): Election ballots found in trash dump in Veracruz

[robertpaulsen]

17. K & R! Important story!

:kick:

[Wilms]

19. K&R

[sam sarrha]

20. UN has declared Mexico Morally Bankrupt and Democratically Irretrievable

i guess the State Dept is pulling sh*t out of their ass again:hurts: