Romania’s top court on Thursday mandated a recount of votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election, where a far-right candidate scored a surprise victory.
The Romanian Constitutional Court “unanimously ordered the reverification and recounting of the voting ballots for the November 24 presidential election,” it said in a statement.
At the same time, the court shot down an application to annul the first round of voting, saying it had been filed after the permitted deadline.
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