Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Oct 7, 2012 | Bryan TX
OpEdNews - Former US President Carter: Venezuelan Electoral System "Best in the World", By Ewan Robertson:
" ...In the context of the Carter Centre’s work monitoring electoral processes around the globe, Carter also disclosed his opinion that in the US “we have one of the worst election processes in the world, and it’s almost entirely because of the excessive influx of money,” he said referring to lack of controls over private campaign donations. (EWAN ROBERTSON. SEP 22ND 2012. ) ..."
'via Blog this'
" ... Speaking at an annual event last week in Atlanta for his Carter Centre foundation, the politician-turned philanthropist stated, “As a matter of fact, of the 92 elections that we’ve monitored, I would say the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world.”
Venezuela has developed a fully automated touch-screen voting system, which now uses thumbprint recognition technology and prints off a receipt to confirm voters’ choices. ... "
" ... Chavez also reported that he had had a forty minute conversation with the ex-Democrat president yesterday, and said that Carter, “as Fidel [Castro] says, is a man of honour”. ... "
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http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=156729
http://guanabee.com/2009/09/jimmy-carter-hugo-chavez/
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