Venezuela Votes in Volumes

Lines were literally more than a mile long as millions of Venezuelan citizens lined up to vote Sunday in the presidential recall election. With voter turnout expected to reach 80%, election judges decided to keep the polls open until well past midnight to accommodate voters. Former US President, Jimmy Carter, there to observe the elections, said, " The Carter Center has participated in more than 50 elections around the world, and this is the largest presence of voters I've seen until now." At stake is the recall of current President Hugo Chavez who presides over the largest oil supply outside the Middle East and has recently spent unprecedented amounts of revenue on social programs such as health care and education. Venezuela has been a country deeply divided by political differences. This election will finally decide the direction this country will head for the next four years.

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On average only 25% of eligible voters in America actually get out and vote. Are you going to let Venezuela out-democracy the US this year? Are you?