The Associated Press: Romania's court orders void votes re-examined

The Associated Press: Romania's court orders void votes re-examined:

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's Constitutional Court ordered Friday a re-examination of ballots declared void in Sunday's presidential election amid allegations of 'massive fraud.'

Candidate Mircea Geoana has charged his Social Democratic Party has evidence of ballot stuffing, multiple voting widespread vote-buying and has asked for new elections to be held. Geoana lost by a margin of just 70, 000 votes to incumbent President Traian Basescu, garnering 49.7 percent to Basescu's by 50.3 percent. Some 138,000 ballots were declared void.

The Constitutional Court must either validate the election results or order a repeat of the vote. A decision is pending. ...