Maduro’s photo appeared 13 times on electronic ballot boxes in Venezuela’s elections

Venezuela’s electoral process, which this Sunday will choose who will lead the country for the next six years, has drawn many complaints about rules that have favored President Nicolas Maduro for the past few months. One of them is on the electoral “ballot” on the screen of electronic voting machines.

The law states that each party in the alliance must have a photograph of the candidate. As a result, Maduro’s image will appear in 13 places, with his photo occupying the entire top of the electoral card.

Meanwhile, the majority opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, appeared in only three houses.

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Among other “independent” opposition candidates, Luis Eduardo Martínez appeared in six seats; Antonio Eccari in fifth; Jose Prieto in third; Daniel Ceballos of two; And Claudio Fermin, Javier Bertucci, Benjamin Rousseau and Enrique Marquez all appeared in one position.

However, the election process has other details that may favor the candidate in the situation.

Maria Corina Machado, the main opposition leader, is barred from running after a court order stripped her of her political rights.

Also, out of more than 15,000 polling booths across the country, at least 8,000 polling booths have only one ballot box. Because more votes are cast in each ballot box, these places are considered more difficult to detect potential fraud, according to the regional NGO Election Transparency.

Opposition parties complain that the use of single ballot boxes will slow down the voting process and lead to long queues.

And while millions of Venezuelans have fled the country in recent decades, fleeing economic crisis and political persecution, some tens of thousands will get the right to vote this Sunday.