"That there are dead people who voted is no reason for a scandal"

[Marksman_91]

So says Socorro Hernández, one of the directors of the Venezuelan CNE.

http://globovision.com/articulo/socorro-hernandez-reporte-de-duplicidad-de-huellas-podria-tardar-entre-dos-y-tres-meses

http://www.notitarde.com/Pais/Hernandez-Que-haya-muertos-que-voten-no-tiene-que-ser-motivo-de-escandalo-/2013/06/03/195375

And some English sources, for those who don't speak Spanish very well

http://venezuela-europa.blogspot.com/2013/06/that-dead-people-vote-should-not-be.html

http://caracaschronicles.com/2013/06/04/the-walking-dead/

The problem with Socorro’s alarming admission is that, up until now, the CNE had sworn the system was bulletproof. If a person can only vote by scanning their fingerprint through a machine, then how exactly is it that dead people vote? Who exactly is voting in the place of dead people? Why isn’t anyone prosecuting these people? When did the CNE find out about this? What are they doing to prevent it from happening? What exactly is the number? How do you know it’s not significant? These are questions that go unanswered.

Finally, if the dead vote, then what is preventing people with massive amounts of fake ID cards from voting?

Opposition witnesses, that’s who. Which is why the issue of opposition witnesses being forcibly removed from voting centers is crucial to understanding how fraud happened in Venezuela.

Socorro Hernández has a history of partisan gaffes. She has admitted to gerrymandering, and she has admitted that chavista figureheads get special treatment.

This, however, is the first time in her life that she admits the opposition is right, and that something obscure happened on April 14th.

Just another GREAT example of the "greatest electoral system in the world"

[naaman fletcher]

1. k&R nt

[ocpagu]

2. Hmmm...

"Hizo un llamado a quienes han hecho cobertura de esta información a que realicen una denuncia formal ante el Poder Electoral, pues existen mecanismos para tratar estos casos. "Si hubiese un ilícito, tendremos que hacer las averiguaciones", sostuvo."

Why haven't the opposition done this yet?

[Bacchus4.0]

3. This is the "greatest electoral system in the world"?

I think another issue besides dead people voting is how many votes are cast per person. I believe the machine audit can simply say who voted nothing more. Obviously that wouldn't account for the dead voting or multiple votes from the same person.