Dissenters urge authorities to review illegal changes in polling stations

A representative of Venezuela's opposition Democratic Unified Panel (MUD) explained that the register of voters was closed on April 15. Hence, the fact that some pro-government candidates running for governors have changed the places where they are going to cast their ballots is "illegal"

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Thursday October 25, 2012 04:58 PM

Vicente Bello, a representative of Venezuela's opposition Democratic Unified Panel (MUD), urged the National Electoral Council (CNE) to review a move allowing as many as 108 citizens, mostly members of ruling party PSUV, to cast their ballot in the gubernatorial vote next December 16 at polling centers different from those they used in October 7 election. The relocation of voters was implemented despite the fact that the register of voters was closed last April 15.

Bello stressed that the reported change of polling stations "is illegal."

"As many as 108 people are involved in such change, including candidates for ruling party PSUV and some people who, according to their last names, may be their relatives," the MUD representative remarked.

"We are submitting a list of citizens that we were able to contact during the audit we conducted on the voting rolls on Tuesday. Now we have decided to lodge a formal complaint with the CNE," Bello said.

Translated by Jhean Cabrera

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