PresidentialElection2024/Constitutional Court demands recount of first-round valid and void ballots (official)

PresidentialElection2024/Constitutional Court demands recount of first-round valid and void ballots (official)

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The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) ordered on Thursday the Central Electoral Bureau to recount the valid and invalid votes cast in the first round of Romania's presidential election, the CCR said in a release, CE Report quotes Agerpres

According to the cited source, the Constitutional Court plenum examined on Thursday the petition for the cancellation of Romania's November 24 presidential election filed by presidential contender Cristian Vasile Terhes, and unanimously voted for the re-check and recount of all the valid and void ballots cast in the election for the office of president of Romania.

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