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joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 08:51 PM Apr 2013

Venezuela's ballot for April 14th elections (speaks for itself):



David vs. Goliath indeed.

At least this time there aren't false spots on the ballot that if you click go to another candidate or are nulled out in full (this led to Reina Sequera getting tens of thousands of votes ala Pat Buchanan due to the butterfly ballot).
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Venezuela's ballot for April 14th elections (speaks for itself): (Original Post) joshcryer Apr 2013 OP
i think the guy with the mustashe has the best chance RedstDem Apr 2013 #1
Nope, this is reality. joshcryer Apr 2013 #2
lol naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #3
LOL. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #4
I'm not blaming anything on the ballot. joshcryer Apr 2013 #6
He is not an "underdog". Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #8
By definition he is the underdog. joshcryer Apr 2013 #9
What makes him "fascist", exactly? Marksman_91 Apr 2013 #10
Jimmy Carter says: "Election Process in Venezuela is the Best in the World" Mika Apr 2013 #5
I hope Capriles wins. mecherosegarden Apr 2013 #7
Sin duda alguna. Capriles es la única esperanza para recuperar la unión en nuestro país Marksman_91 Apr 2013 #11
Oh, mucho gusto! N/T mecherosegarden Apr 2013 #12

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
2. Nope, this is reality.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:04 PM
Apr 2013

Last time it looked like this:



The X'd out parts are ones with Capriles' face but they either went to another candidate or were nulled if you pressed them on the voting machine (the ballot sits on a plastic touch sensitive thing and you press where ever on the ballot). This led to a huge number of nulled votes last time as well as another candidate getting a lot of votes they otherwise would not have got. It wouldn't have mattered in that election though.

 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
4. LOL.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:34 PM
Apr 2013

The facist will be crushed again.

Trying to blame it on the ballots won't help this time either.

Fuck facist shitbags no matter what country they are in.

Viva Maduro!

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
6. I'm not blaming anything on the ballot.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:55 PM
Apr 2013

The MUD got it right this time by making a unity spot so that the CNE couldn't game it like last time leading to the disenfranchisement of tens of thousands of Venezuelans.

The point of posting this is to show how Capriles is the underdog.

 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
8. He is not an "underdog".
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:06 PM
Apr 2013

He is a douchenozzle facist and the people of Venezuela don't want them to govern their country.

They've had enough of facist tyranny to last a hundred lifetimes.

 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
10. What makes him "fascist", exactly?
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 11:57 PM
Apr 2013

And I think it's kind of obvious that the regime is the one with the most resources and money. It's pretty easy to tell who the underdog is. There's no worst blind man than the one who does not want to see.

mecherosegarden

(745 posts)
7. I hope Capriles wins.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:05 PM
Apr 2013

But that is just my personal opinion.
I just want peace for the country where I was born. The country is so divided !

 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
11. Sin duda alguna. Capriles es la única esperanza para recuperar la unión en nuestro país
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 11:59 PM
Apr 2013

Nice to meet another compatriot in this site, btw

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