Mexicans Voting Abroad Face Delays, Denials in Historic Election
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A lineup outside the Mexican Consulate during Mexico's general election in Los Angeles on June 2.
Photographer: Qian Weizhong/VCG/Getty Images
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Mexicans trying to vote from abroad in Sunday’s historic election reported long delays — and in some cases were turned away before being able to cast ballots.
News reports and social media posts depicted long lines of hundreds of voters queued up from Madrid to New York to San Francisco. The Dallas Morning News reported that some voters arrived as early as 3:30 a.m. to secure a place. And the Chicago Tribune said that by the time polls closed there, some registered voters had waited more than 12 hours without being able to fill out a ballot.