Chavez Counts On Light Turnout


	Chavez Counts On Light Turnout

Carl Lavin

12-2-2007 4:28 PM

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venezuela, chavez, elections

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Two big elections today, two leaders pushing for more power.

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<P>Analysts have said a low turnout would favor Chávez because many opponents 
were threatening not to vote in an election they thought he would rig if 
necessary. But election observers were noting by early afternoon Sunday that 
fewer people than expected were voting in Chávez strongholds and anti- Chávez 
neighborhoods alike.</p> <P>“We're seeing a low turnout everywhere,” said Juan Salas Franco, a Spanish 
official serving as an international election observer on behalf of the 
opposition. “The turnout may not reach 50 percent.”</p> <P>Polls opened at 6 a.m. (5 a.m. EST) and were supposed to close at 4:00 p.m. 
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