The mobilization called for by Mexico’s leftist presidential candidate last week will begin as planned today, reports Forbes:

Supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador headed to Mexico City on Wednesday, leaving mountain towns and sprawling industrial cities to demand a ballot-by-ballot recount.

Protesters gathered outside the country’s 300 electoral districts before heading to the capital, where a mass rally is planned for Sunday to denounce official results showing conservative Felipe Calderon as the apparent winner of the July 2 election.

Carrying signs that read “Vote by vote! No to electoral fraud!” and wearing yellow, the color of Lopez Obrador’s Democratic Revolution Party, dozens of the candidate’s most fervent supporters began a 60-mile walk from his home state of Tabasco.

The protesters, many of whom joined Lopez Obrador in 1995 during months of protests over his loss of the governor’s race in Tabasco state, will travel the last 370 miles of their journey to Mexico City by bus, organizers said.

This wave of protests marks the beginning in what will be a tough battle for López Obrador, as he has only until September 6th to make his case, the date by which a formal winner must be declared.

Via / Forbes.com

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