Venezuela Begins
Election Registrations
CARACAS - The National Electoral Council of
Venezuela (CNE) begins on Monday until April
30 the electors'' registrations and updating
or the forthcoming elections this year.
According to the council, there will be
1,100 registration centers at communities
and politic organization disposal around the
country in the first stage.
The second stage will begin next Mars 1st
with another 1,120 fixed and mobile
electoral registration stations, the
communiqué stated.
So far, next September 26 legislative
elections is the most important electoral
goal to 2010, in which electors could vote
165 members of National Assembly, 110 of
them previously designated, 52 by list and
three indigenous representatives.
However, The Constitution allows calling a
referendum to repeal the term of office, in
which public office including presidency can
be put to the popular opinion when there
have been two years of administration.
Although the Head of State Hugo Chavez has
publicly challenge opposition to use this
referendum, all the indications are that his
political opponents opted for concentrate on
parliamentary elections.
According to CNE, there are 17,601,440
registered voters in Venezuela. And the
National Institute of Statistic forecasts
about 18,845,119 electors around the
country.
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