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María Corina Machado votes: “We will have a historical participation figure”

During a motorcycle tour of several electoral centers in Caracas and minutes after voting, opposition member María Corina Machado recalled that “scrutiny is a public task” in the country: “Electoral councils say clearly in article 140 of the Organic Procedure Law, so that when it comes time to count the votes, people can come in and see them: piece by piece of paper. Everyone is endorsing and confirming that their vote counts (…) Venezuela is united, we were united for many years with the belief that we were going to be free, today it is certain.

They have told witnesses that they have the right to have their voting records, and told members of polling stations that “you are the authority in this process.” It has also ensured a slow process in some establishments and, as one complained, the inclusion of a requirement that has not been contemplated legally: the scanning of identity cards. “It’s not fair,” he indicated.

The opposition leader, who supports candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, has indicated that voters have come out en masse to vote and, according to the data he managed, participation is 42.1%, which represents more than 9 million people in Venezuela, as of noon: “If it continues like this, maybe we will have a historic, record participation figure, and there is no doubt that it is already higher than any election in the last 30 years.”