Venezuela's Maduro gives ultimatum to Caracas protesters

[Comrade Grumpy]

19. You're welcome to post any assessments of the fairness of Venezuelan elections.

Here are a few:

"US Must Recognize Venezuela's Elections" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/us-must-recognize-venezuela_b_3103540.html
This human rights and labor leader was an election observer.

"Carter Center Issues Report on Venezuela Elections" http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/venezuela-070313.html

"The report finds that the Venezuelan population, and the political parties and candidates in general, have demonstrated confidence in the performance and integrity of the automated touch-screen voting machines in accurately counting the votes cast on April 14.

"There is not agreement, however, about the quality of the voting conditions and whether every registered voter is able to vote one time, and only one time. In addition, the report finds a series of inequities in campaign conditions in terms of both access to financial resources and access to the media, which diminish the competitiveness of elections, particularly in a legal framework that permits indefinite reelection of public officials."

In other words, the Carter Center found a clean touch-screen voting process and some systemic problems. Kind of like here.

"National Lawyers Guild Monitors Conclude Venezuelan Elections Were Well-Organized, Fair and Transparent"
http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-monitors-conclude-venezuelan-elections-were-well-organized

Real critiques of the election process are one thing; cheap shots are another.