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Monday
20 June 2011 |
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New
Ballot
Presented
in
Venezuela
Caracas
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The
President
of
the
National
Electoral
Council
(CNE),
Tibisay
Lucena,
presented
a
new
ballot
paper
that
will
be
used
in
the
2012
presidential
and
regional
elections.
According
to
Lucena,
the
new
ballot
is
remarkable
because
of
its
size
and
voter-friendly
features.
"It
is
very
large
and
thus
has
more
space
for
electronic
voting
machines,
with
voters
required
to
press
a
button
to
chose
their
favourite
candidate
or
party,
after
which
a
light
will
be
turned
on
to
ratify
the
process,"
said
Lucena,
speaking
on
the
Televen
television
program
"Jose
Vicente
Hoy"
on
Sunday.
She
explained
that
the
CNE
plans
to
present
this
and
other
improvements
next
February,
when
the
Venezuelan
opposition
is
scheduled
to
hold
internal
elections
to
decide
on
its
candidate
to
run
against
President
Hugo
Chavez
in
the
December
2012
elections.
"We
hope
to
have
everything
ready
by
then,"
she
said,
and
confirmed
that
fingerprint
machines
will
be
available
for
all
23
states
and
the
Capital
District,
and
will
be
an
additional
factor
for
voting
credibility.
She
said
that
the
objective
is
to
guarantee
the
people���s
will
expressed
through
voting. |
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