Constitutional Court rules ballot recounting system unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Article 69-1 of the Public Officials Election And Recall Act, which stipulates that only legislators, the mayor of a municipality/city/county and indigenous candidates can apply to a court to recount ballots, is unconstitutional.

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