Venezuela: Comprehensive Report, Presidential Recall Referendum, The Carter Center (2004)

The Carter Center accepted an invitation in November 2003 from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to observe the signature collections for the recall of the president. As each step of the recall process unfolded, the CNE granted observer status to The Carter Center, as well as to the Organization of American States, and, ultimately, to additional international observer groups and individuals. The Carter Center deployed an international observation team for each stage of the presidential recall process, namely the signature collection; the verification of signatures; the “reparos”, or repair of signatures; and the recall referendum. In total—and including the concurrent deputy recall process—the Center observed six electoral events in less than 10 months and in five of those, deployed short-term observer missions, an effort of commitment unprecedented in the Center’s history.

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