CNN —El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Court on Monday said it had asked polling stations across the country to manually record the results of Sunday’s presidential election after electronic transmission of results stopped updating overnight at around 31%.
Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Sunday.
El Salvador now has the world’s highest incarceration rate.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, left, accompanied by his wife Gabriela Rodriguez, waves to supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, after polls closed on Sunday.
A lopsided win for Bukele would likely give the young leader more leeway to reform El Salvador in his heavy-handed vision.
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