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Audit Confirms Chávez Victory in Recall [1]

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Date: 2004-08-22

An audit of Venezuela's recall referendum has confirmed that President Hugo Chávez won fairly and found no evidence to support fraud charges, observers and electoral council officials said Saturday.

International observers carried out additional checks after the opposition rejected the results and said electronic voting machines had been manipulated to give Mr. Chávez a victory in the voting on Aug. 15.

If he had lost, Mr. Chávez would have been removed from office.

"The audit is completed,'' said the leader of the Organization of American States, César Gaviria. ''The results we have obtained with this check are totally compatible with results of the electoral council."

The audit found only small discrepancies and no evidence that anyone had tampered with the electronic polling system, monitors said.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/world/audit-confirms-chavez-victory-in-recall.html

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