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This has put the voting system under intense scrutiny, but it appears robust. External observers and domestic analysts have lauded the procedure as one of the most sophisticated in the world.
Presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has promised that he would maintain many of Chávez's social programmes. Photograph: Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty ImagesVoters first registered themselves by inputting their name, national identity number and thumbprint using a console. They then cast an electronic vote for their preferred party candidate on a touchscreen. Their vote entered the central counting system and was printed so that they could confirm it was recorded properly before that hard copy was put in a ballot box, more than half the contents of which would later be cross-checked with the electronic data to ensure the system had not been hacked.
Voters then had to sign a form to confirm they had cast a vote. Before they left, the little finger on their left hand was marked with indelible purple ink so they could not return to vote a second time. "This system is 100% fraud-proof and has been recognised as such by outside political institutions," said Luis Guillermo Piedra, of the National Electoral Council.
Former US president Jimmy Carter has described the system as superior to that of the US. His Carter Centre, based in Atlanta, Georgia, has noted that many Venezuelans are concerned a new electronic voting system might enable authorities to tell how they voted, exposing them to retaliation if they voted against Chávez. "This concern has no basis, however," the centre said. "The software of the voting machines guarantees the secrecy of the vote."
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