“Venezuela’s president rejected accusations on Wednesday that his government inflated turnout figures from its constituent assembly election, branding them part of an effort to stain what he called a clean and transparent vote,” Reuters reports
“The company that provides the country’s voting machines [Smartmatic] said that the government’s claim that 8.1 million votes were cast in Sunday’s poll overestimated the tally by least 1 million”.
“President Nicolas Maduro also criticized the accuracy of a story reported by Reuters that only 3.7 million people had voted by 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to internal electoral council documents, compared with the total 8.1 million ballots counted by authorities.”
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