Maduro thanked the Venezuelan people for overcoming a “tremendous psychological war from demons,” to reelect him to another term.
By Circles Robinson
HAVANA TIMES – Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday and as many experts predicted the results may not have reflected the actual vote.
When a government controls all State institutions, in this case the National Electoral Council (CNE), anything can happen to perpetuate a regime in power. Without impartial arbitrators, great disparities can occur from the polling place vote tallies and the results transmitted to the country’s electoral body.
The tallies at polling places, to which the designated witnesses are supposed to receive a paper copy, are typically the way that citizens can verify that the digital count is correct.
In Venezuela the differences appear to have been extreme. With 80% of the votes reported, the government authorities say Maduro received 51.2% of the vote compared to 44.2% for opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.
However, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who organized their nationwide protect the vote effort, said that the copies of 40% of the vot