Peru’s electoral board has dismissed a request from presidential candidate Luis Sánchez to invalidate votes cast by Peruvian citizens residing abroad. The board determined the petition was submitted after the legal deadline and lacked the required electoral fee. Sánchez sought the nullification, alleging irregularities in the overseas voting process, but the electoral authority did not elaborate on the specifics of these claims. This decision upholds the validity of the international vote count as it currently stands. The rejection effectively closes this avenue for Sánchez to challenge the results based on overseas ballots. Further details regarding the reasoning were not immediately available, according to reports from EL NACIONAL. This ruling is likely to impact ongoing scrutiny of the election’s outcome.