tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post109348598198098256..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-1096858087371544642004-10-04T04:48:00.000+02:002004-10-04T04:48:00.000+02:00I find it curious the vehemous refutation of Jimmy...I find it curious the vehemous refutation of Jimmy Carter's work in validating the Venezuelian election. Cryptic photos on the Internet purporting to show 3 separate voting machines at the same mesa (voting place) with the same number of Si (yes) votes when tallied. This seems to be at the heart of the so called voter fraud. First the photo couldn't have been doctored, could it? Or be an outright fraud itself. Dan Rather wasn't duped was he?<br />Your own table of how unlikely an event this could be statistically is refuted by your own table. If 60/40% no/yes vote split existed in the election your own table indicated it would occur 1.27 times among 500 mesas! Listen up there were over 3000 mesas in the election with approximately 20,000 machines!<br />Even the opposition polling group (Sumate) finally conceded there exit polling showed 55% went to Chavez. The final tally was 57% to 43% in favor of Chavez.<br />All the so called screaming about fraud was a smoke screen. The opposition continued to scream fraud even after the election and their own pollster said they lost! Why? Perhaps it has more to do with who Hugo Chavez is and what his policies represent. The first president with a native American heritage, interested in building schools and improving the health of the people. A coup in 2002 that last 2 days in which time the US government recognized the coup leaders!<br />Let's see what the US has been up to in comparison to Venezuelian elections. Venezuela used touch screen voting machines with paper ballot backup and fingerprint ID! The US can't figure out how to upgrade its voting system, with Jeb Bush running around Florida trying to disenfranchise anyone who might vote against bro! Let's try to tell the truth for a change!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com