The news reports are telling us that Chavez survived the recall and that international observers stated that “the voting appeared fair and accurate”. Based on the comments of my brother-in-law, the voting was fraudulent even though this statement may be true. (Note that he took the time and expense to fly back to Venezuela in order to vote.) Here is how Chavez may have survived: Places of registration were changed. If I had to travel from Charlottesville, Virginia to Charleston, West Virginia to vote, I might have stayed home, especially if I had gotten hints that my business might suffer. Maybe Jimmy Carter and the international observers never saw this at the polls.

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