Mexico: Contested Chiapas Elections

Both Octavio Islas ^[1] and “Enigma” (ES) ^[2] are worried that Aguilar's refusal to accept defeat will encourage state-level political discord much like presidential candidate Lopez Obrador's refusal to accept defeat has split the entire country. Al Giordano says that the elections were submersed in a whirlpool of fraud ^[3], instigated by both sides. Dave Pentecost notes ^[4] that Lopez Obrador, unsurprisingly, supports a vote by vote recount in the state election. Finally, Matthew Shugart crunches the numbers ^[5].