Recount Begins in Mexico

Democracy begins at home, er, in Mexico...

Officials begin recount in Mexico: "Electoral officials fanned out across the country yesterday to begin a partial recount in Mexico’s tight presidential election, while leftists alleging vote fraud blocked bank headquarters in the capital and vowed to take their disruptive protests nationwide.

Guarded by soldiers and monitored by electoral judges and representatives of all of Mexico’s five political parties, authorities started sifting through ballots cast at 11,839 polling booths, about 9 percent of the 130,000 booths used during the July 2 election."

Hat tip: Kat L'Estrange