Venezuelan 2010 Election

[ag]

Expect official results by about 11:35.

11:35 in which time?

whoops sorry. Venezuelan time.

Less then 15 min left in that case. But who the hell knows.

[redcommander]

I am watching Globovision. They are just rehashing stuff w/out any news. "They have done major advances in counting" and such. The only interesting news seems to be that while opposition leaders are visible, the PSUV leaders are not. Everything else is just no news.

Seems like the PSUV might be expecting a disappointing result.

[ag]

Nobody really knows. W/ the control they have of the process, this lack of transparency is really infuriating.

[ag]

Venezuelan accent is funny. Actually, interestingly, it seems that the announcers speak "normal" (I guess, more Bogota than Caracas), bat everyone else sounds funny )

[MaxQue]

Nobody really knows. W/ the control they have of the process, this lack of transparency is really infuriating.

At the same time, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haïti and UK have similar processes and we don't complain.
If he didn't fraud in the 2007 referendum, I don't see why he would fraud those elections.

I hate the man, but he doesn't seem to be wanting to use some low "tactics" like that.
At least, I hope.

[ag]

Iraq and Afghanistan we do complain about, and complain badly. Still, at least they have the general defense that they are a mess and that they are badly organized. UK does not have the same: they wait till they get all the results in a district to announce smthg, but not in 300 districts. It's been 5.5 hours since the vote, and we don't have a single result. It's a centralized election, w/ the strong electoral authority appointed by the parliament in which opposition was not represented at all. It's fishy. Still, they might do everything honest: they just make it very suspicious. Might be mere stupidity and not evil design, but I still hate it.

[ag]

On Globovision they are showing their programming on a small screen; the big screen is showing some staircase at CNE. A couple of soldiers are guarding some door. Nothing else happens. The rest is just rehashing the day: how everyone voted. It's 11:35 Caracas time now, BTW.

[redcommander]

On Globovision they are showing their programming on a small screen; the big screen is showing some staircase at CNE. A couple of soldiers are guarding some door. Nothing else happens. The rest is just rehashing the day: how everyone voted. It's 11:35 Caracas time now, BTW.

Idk what's up. El Universal said they would start at 11:35.

[ag]

On Globovision they are showing their programming on a small screen; the big screen is showing some staircase at CNE. A couple of soldiers are guarding some door. Nothing else happens. The rest is just rehashing the day: how everyone voted. It's 11:35 Caracas time now, BTW.

Idk what's up. El Universal said they would start at 11:35.

Nobody knows anything. One of the committeewomen has exited the closed door, but that's all the news out there. Apparently, no committee members are supposed to be exiting w/out an official announcement. At least, they are saying it si highly unusual.

[MaxQue]

According to Globovision website, she is the vice-president of the electoral commission.

[ag]

According to Globovision website, she is the vice-president of the electoral commission.

Yep, they first just called her the member, and then mentioned she was a VP. I guess, we are all watching Globovision.

[MaxQue]

According to Globovision website, she is the vice-president of the electoral commission.

Yep, they first just called her the member, and then mentioned she was a VP. I guess, we are all watching Globovision.

Well, I don't know what they say, I'm just reading the feed on their webpage.
My spanish is better than I thought, but reading is the best I can do.

[ag]

According to Globovision website, she is the vice-president of the electoral commission.

Yep, they first just called her the member, and then mentioned she was a VP. I guess, we are all watching Globovision.

Well, I don't know what they say, I'm just reading the feed on their webpage.
My spanish is better than I thought, but reading is the best I can do.

They are still wondering, where the hell did she go. This is beyond ridiculous.

[ag]

Seems like all the Venezuelans are just watching. No updates on blogs.

[redcommander]

Ugh. I'm stuck watching the government's VTV, and all they have are discussions about twitter postings.

[ag]

Ugh. I'm stuck watching the government's VTV, and all they have are discussions about twitter postings.

Well, Globovision is just showing how various notables voted and what they (and the simple people around them) said.

[MaxQue]

Talking of Twitter, the Globovision feed (not the TV one) looks like twitter posts by journalists of Globovision.

Apparently, the opposition leaders are arriving to the opposition headquarters while the supporters Chavez are leaving the headquarters or retire out of view of medias.

[ag]

Waiting for Godot.

I have to go - I am at the office, I will continue watching from home. My wife is going to kill me - I was supposed to be home 2 hours ago.

[ag]

They are showing opposition headquarters. People seem quite happy.

[MaxQue]

Apparently, chavistas officials will not hold a press conference.

[MaxQue]

Still nothing new.
Chavistas will not comment election results for now.
Yanquis de Nueva York won 4-3 against los Medias Rojos de Boston.
If they are writing that, it is than they have nothing to say, I suppose.

Edit: Opposition is getting impatient.

[redcommander]

Take the results like a man and let the CNE announce them already! This is getting embarrassing. The 2008 results were up about 10ish Venezuelan time.

[MaxQue]

The director of the electoral council gets out of the counting room.

[redcommander]

The director of the electoral council gets out of the counting room.

What's the punchline?

[MaxQue]

The director of the electoral council gets out of the counting room.

What's the punchline?

It was only a director, apparently.
Another director of the thing asked people to be patient since results are being disputed.

Edit: Or it means than some "cargos" are still undecided because the results are tight?