With more than 99% of the votes counted, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal called Arévalo—who led former first lady Sandra Torres by 58% to 37%—the “virtual winner,” though the results are pending certification.
But moves to drag the electoral process into the courts after the first round of voting in June led many Guatemalans to wonder what was to come between Sunday's results and the transfer of power Jan. 14.
Antonio González voted late Sunday, shortly before polls closed, at a teachers' school in the capital. Poll workers at each voting table immediately began tallying ballots. One person would unfold each ballot, show it to the party observers at the table and announce which party received the vote. Among her hopes for Guatemala's next government are more security, jobs for the poor families whose children she sees begging in the streets and more hospitals.
The first round of voting on June 25 went relatively smoothly until Arévalo landed in the runoff. The fact that the preliminary results were has raised anxiety among many Guatemalans that voters will not have the final word Sunday. “We’re not going to let them influence our children with strange and foreign ideologies,” she said Friday.
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