Venezuela Opposition Shuns Electoral Authority for Primaries
- Main opposition groups will organize vote themselves
- Nation’s top election official and colleagues quit on Thursday
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Venezuela’s main opposition groups said they will organize their own presidential primaries independently of the electoral authority when they select a candidate to try to defeat President Nicolás Maduro next year.
The decision to sideline the electoral body means the opposition will have to fund the process itself, and secure access to hundreds of polling centers across the country by October. They will also have to rely on paper ballots rather than on voting machines in the selection of their candidate.