Venezuela's opposition worries that a recall
referendum on President Hugo Chavez will, in the least, be made more
difficult by new voter lists, an electronic voting system and untested
thumbprint ID devices. At worst, some say, all that technology could be
an elaborate attempt aimed at making the vote fail. Venezuela's
elections council says it is trying to ensure the vote's legitimacy
with touchscreen voting, to avoid ballot-stuffing of the past, and a
thumbprint ID registration system to keep people from voting more than
once. Critics say requiring people to go through the process - which
could end up taking several minutes - will only create bottlenecks and
long lines. [more]
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