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Partial Null Vote Recount In Romanian Election Shows Basescu Still Leading – Sources

Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau has recounted voided ballots in 24 counties and so far found among them 567 valid ballots for incumbent President Traian Basescu and 504 for social democrat Mircea Geoana, people close to the matter said.
Partial Null Vote Recount In Romanian Election Shows Basescu Still Leading – Sources
12 dec. 2009, 12:16, English

Romania’s Constitutional Court Friday ordered a recount of null votes following the Social Democratic Party’s claim that the election was tainted by fraud, after their candidate Geoana lost the vote to incumbent Basescu at a difference of some 70,000 ballots.

Nearly 140,000 ballots were voided in Sunday’s election and the Central Electoral Bureau has until Monday afternoon to finish the recount.

Although the recount of voided ballots could, in theory, overturn the election outcome, that possibility seems unlikely so far.