Peru Election Chief Warns of Extended Vote Count
Peru's election chief announced that the vote count for the presidential runoff election could take up to two weeks, or even until the end of the month.
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Peru presidential election: vote count for the runoff "could take anywhere from two weeks to the end of the month"
As the vote count drags on, the candidates — leftist Roberto Sanchez and conservative Keiko Fujimori — are now separated by a razor-thin margin. It took more than thirty days for the first-round results to be announced.
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The head of Peru's election authority told Agence France-Presse that the results of Sunday's presidential election may not be known for a fortnight, dashing hopes of a quick resolution to the ultra-tight race. Bernardo Pachas said Tuesday that "it could take anywhere from two weeks to the end of the month" to know whether conservative Keiko Fujimori or leftist Roberto Sanchez had won. With about 18 million ballots counted, Sanchez was ahead by just 20,000 votes and the race was still much too cl
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