Mexican voters going to the polls in historic elections that have been marred by vote-buying and violence
MEXICO CITY - A few weeks ago, several political candidates came to Maria Salcedo's door. They were bearing gifts.
Along with hats and T-shirts featuring the logo of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, they presented her with a large water tank worth about $100. If elected, they said, her working-class neighborhood would no longer suffer from water shortages. By the time they had left, she had promised them her vote.
Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, 500 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members of the Senate. There are also thousands of state and municipal positions up for grabs in what officials say is the single biggest election in the nation's history.
