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  • Carter Sends 'Limited Mission' to Observe Venezuela Elections

    12/03/2006 10:47:56 AM PST · by george76 · 33 replies · 876+ views
    Cybercast News Service ^ | November 30, 2006 | Nathan Burchfiel
    Six years after declaring the Venezuelan election process "flawed," former President Jimmy Carter's Carter Center will monitor only one aspect of the country's Dec. 3 elections, despite claims of abuses during the campaign designed to favor the incumbent, left-wing populist President Hugo Chavez. The center announced Nov. 20 that it would organize a "specialized, limited technical mission" to "observe the use of the automated voting technology." The effort is in collaboration with Carter's group and the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, a body which Chavez critics say is controlled by the president. The group will also not monitor the election broadly...