MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top electoral agency says it will destroy ballots cast in the 2006 election and this year’s vote.

The Federal Electoral Institute says its general board voted unanimously Wednesday to destroy all ballots in the presidential contests and other races. It says the ballots will be destroyed before the end of the year.

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