It appears that Mexico's leftist candidate, as well as his supporters (who've been occupying the capitol since the election), will not accept the results of the previous election. This has some similarities to the recent "Orange Revolution" in the Ukraine, and as far as I know, Mexico's leftists may well be right in claiming that the ruling party is trying to steal this election. What troubles me is that this is becoming an all too common occurrence in democracies around the world. The US Supreme Court gave the 2000 election to Bush when Gore would have won in a full recount, and I've read some very interesting and compelling reports on voter suppression in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election. It seems that in Democracies across the world the people are doubting the validity of the most fundamental of democratic processes, the vote. And not without some good reason. But can a system of government in which everything depends upon the trust of the electorate with the elections it holds continue to survive, when that trust is being frequently called into question, particularly in any close election of significance? I'm not saying that Democracy is on its way out as a form of government, or that I would choose to replace it if it could; rather, I hope that the peoples of Democratic governments will find ways to restore trust and transparency to elections. If they don't, I fear for what may come next...