Gar Lipow wrote:
how close my guess is.
I'd say you were right on the money. Marv wrote:
I've read elsewhere that if the partial recount shows anomalies, as it should, the electoral court can keep ordering more ballot boxes to be opened before its jurisdiction ends next month. The popular pressure can effectively keep pushing it in that direction.
Right. I've also read that. I believe this idea was started by Jorge Zepeda Paterson, a political journalist in El Universal. This guy said in an article that the ruling should be interpreted as a strong rebuke to the IFE, the election arbiter. After all, it's almost 10% of the polling places. And, as Marv says, Zepeda claimed this could turn out to be the beginning of the unraveling, since the tribunal could then extend the recount, etc. At this point, I believe this kind of interpretation is sheer speculation. And the wishful thinking about the motivations of the magistrates may have a crippling effect on the movement. The movement is in crescendo and people want the full recount. As is, the ruling is shameful. More was expected of the tribunal. They should receive no benefit of the doubt, as far as I'm concerned. And, just to re-state what Marv says, if it was an astute move by the tribunal to begin cleaning of the election, then that will only happen if the people remain active and engaged -- which they will if they keep the eye on the ball. Tomorrow, they will move the encamping to the area around the tribunal's building, which is not near El Zócalo. So people will march there and then install themselves around the building. Julio
