Peru's electoral board calls for audit of election results
The request aims to speed review of disputed ballots as 97.5% of votes are counted and final results remain unclear.
- On Saturday, Peru's National Jury of Elections requested a "comprehensive and exhaustive IT audit" of the April 12 general election to strengthen transparency, integrity, and reliability of election results.
- With 97.5% of ballots tallied, the vote count remains incomplete as Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez and Rafael Lopez Aliaga remain deadlocked for second place, separated by roughly 28,000 votes.
- More than 1 million disputed ballots are under review to ascertain results; European Union observers reported in April finding no evidence of fraud, contradicting allegations fueling confusion in the Andean nation.
- Mounting pressure for clarity led Piero Corvetto to resign as head of the electoral authority on April 21; Corvetto had previously acknowledged logistical delays but denied that any irregularities occurred.
- Officials expect final results no later than May 15, aiming to resolve outstanding disputes before the June run-off, though no clear rival has emerged to challenge frontrunner Keiko Fujimori.
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LIMA, Peru — Election officials in Peru said Saturday they are launching an audit of the first round of the presidential election, three weeks after a vote marred by irregularities.With more than 97 percent of ballots counted, radical left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez (12 percent) and ultraconservative Rafael Lopez Aliaga (11.9 percent) are neck-and-neck, separated by about 27,500 votes.They both trail right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori (17.1…
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Peruvian authority JNE is requesting an independent audit after election results in the country were postponed.
The monitoring operation will be conducted by an independent committee of experts with national and international experts, with the aim of "enhancing the transparency, integrity and reliability of electoral results".
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