Court halts total recount of votes in Cuauhtémoc; Rojo: “We won!”

The Regional Chamber determined that a recount should only be carried out in the polling stations with irregularities in the election for the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office.

Morena and its candidate, Caty Monreal, insist that a recount of all polling stations in the district must be done.

Chief Justice Maria Guadalupe Silva proposed that there were insufficient elements to consider widespread irregularities to justify a full recount. The justices voted in favor unanimously.

In recent weeks, Caty Monreal and Rojo de la Vega have accused each other of electoral fraud, but neither has provided evidence for their claims.

The recount of votes in the mayor’s office was approved twice, but the Electoral Court rejected both.

Caty Monreal has said that the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance, which supported Rojo, used tricks to win on June 2.

Meanwhile, Rojo de la Vega has pointed out that Caty’s family, the Monreals, are pressuring authorities to take over the district that was once governed by Ricardo Monreal, who will lead Morena in the Chamber of Deputies.

When does the vote recount apply?

To carry out a partial or total recount of votes in a local election, the Electoral Procedural Law of Mexico City considers the following requirements:

• All boxes must have been challenged.

• It must be requested by the actor in his written claim.

• The result of the election must show a difference between first and second place equal to or less than 1%.

• The existence of a well-founded doubt regarding the certainty of the election results must be proven.

• When the administrative electoral authority has failed to recount those electoral packets in which there has been a well-founded doubt regarding the result.