Politics

Special operation for voters' registration suspended in Australia

Voters cannot register either in Panama City or in Madrid

The National Electoral Council (CNE) has not responded to a request about register of voters in Florida (File photo: Paulo Pérez Zambrano)

EUGENIO G. MARTÍNEZ | EL UNIVERSAL

Thursday February 02, 2012 02:42 PM

The special operations for voters' registration announced by diplomatic authorities for residents in the cities of Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth (Australia) were "permanently" suspended.

Nelson Dávila, Venezuela's ambassador to Australia, said in a letter that the lack of staff prevents the execution of special operations for voters' registration in Australia.

There are 500 Venezuelans registered to vote in Australia. However, sources have estimated that there are 10,000 potential voters in that country.

Voters can not register or change their polling center either in Panama City (Panama) or in Madrid (Spain).

emartinez@luniversal.com

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