5:20 PM Two friends at polling booths report in the East of Caracas lower abstention, higher anti-Chavez votes
5:31 PM Globovision report Chavista group detained in Zulia trying to vote twice
6:01 PM Globovision says it has been a strange session as Venezuelans like to vote early as abstention looked high but is comparable to last year’s
6:29 PM CNE says 50% of tallies are already in, with 90% in, they will announce results.
6:45 PM 2001 reports November inflation was up 4.4%, this number should have been released yesterday, but was not.
6:37 PM Government saying Yes won by 6-8%, Comando del No saying No won by 4%
8:03 PM Two sources saying abstention is around 44-45% (one is Italy’s La Repubblica). If this is true, then things have to be close.
8:09 PM From a good source, the Government withdrew its advertising from tomorrow’s paper celebrating the victory
8:32 PM Mood shifting towards No win
9:39 PM Both BBC Mundo and El Pais have shifted from Si wins, to “close”. I hear is not even close.
10:39 PM No results yet at this time, whatever happened to the best and most expensive voting system in the world?
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