Journal Espectr0's Journal: Will Chavez win? 4
The recall election is this sunday. If people give more than 3.7 million votes against Chavez (and if they are more than the votes of people wanting to keep him) then Chavez gets kicked and leaves power to the vicepresident.
The irony in this, that there is nothing in the constitution that wouldn't allow him to be a candidate in the election for president 30 days later.
So can he win? Certainly. He has given citizenship to about 2 million people. Will all of them vote for him? Only time will tell.
What about the election system? The election will be automatic, only manual vote will be used in rural places or if there is a problem. I have seen the specs on the technology, and it seems way better than Diebold machines.
This is what i remember. You enter your fingerprint in a machine, and it will tell you if you have voted so you can't vote twice. Then you are checked to see if you are allowed to vote (registered, etc) and then on the next machine you get a question and 2 choices:
"Are you OK to end Chavez's job as current president of Venezuela?" Rough translation.
NO YES (in that order)
After you choose, you confirm, and a small receipt gets printed, which you insert into a box.
Chavez could win. He has the control of the entire goverment, the electoral council, the supreme court. But also, sunday's vote will be private, instead of the signatures to request the recall. That may be the deciding factor on sunday.
We'll see... (Score:2)
Honestly, I hadn't even realized the recall was imminent -- Venezuela has been almost entirely driven out of the US news by Iraq and our election. Unfortunately, my suspicion is that Chavez isn't going to leave so easily even if he is recalled, but I also didn't think the recall would ever happen either, so maybe I'm just too pessimistic.
In any case, good luck and I hope at least there's no violence! Where are these new citizens coming from, Colombia?
Re:We'll see... (Score:2)
I think it will be too hard for Chavez to not leave if he loses. But like i said, it doesn't matter much to him if he loses, as he said today that if he does, then he justs will get reelected 30 days later.
People are getting their id's stolen. This is what they resorted to do to us. My new id which i requested was "lost"
probably (Score:1)
I have mixed thoughts on chavez.
Re:probably (Score:2)
Now, over 80% of the country is poor, and he lives like a rich man. He uses millions to dress, eat and drink, while people are starving.
The last goverment sold oil at 9$ the barrel. and now the barrel is near 40$. We should b