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Submitted by honghanh on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 17:40
Zimbabwe's electoral commission will recount ballots in at least 23 voting districts where the ruling party has argued there were discrepancies, according to the head of the commission.

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairman George Chiweshe said the recount would likely not begin until after Zimbabwe's High Court rules on the opposition party's demand that the results of the initial vote count finally be released.

That court ruling is expected to come on April 14, more than two weeks after Zimbabwe voters went to polls to choose a president and a new parliament.

Morgan Tsvangirai, the presidential candidate of Movement for Democratic Change, has already declared victory over President Robert Mugabe based on vote counts posted at polling stations in the 210 voting constituencies.

The Zimbabwean government has yet to announce the results of the presidential race.

Prospects of resolving Zimbabwe's two-week-old election crisis appeared dim after a government spokesman said President Robert Mugabe would not attend a key weekend meeting with other regional leaders.
CNN

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