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Carter Center Cannot Verify 2024 Venezuela Election Results, Cites Lack of Transparency in Maduro's Win

Jul 31, 2024, 03:18 AM

The Carter Center has announced that it cannot verify the results of Venezuela's 2024 presidential election, citing a complete lack of transparency from election authorities. The organization, which was authorized by President Nicolas Maduro's government to observe the election, criticized officials for not publishing detailed polling station results. In its statement, the Carter Center declared that the election did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic. The Center's technical mission in Venezuela was unable to corroborate the declared results, which saw Maduro announced as the winner. The lack of transparency and failure to release disaggregated results by polling station were highlighted as significant breaches of electoral principles. The announcement was reported by the Associated Press and made from Atlanta on Tuesday.