More than 16 million Venezuelans registered to vote

Sep 14
Manuel Rosales, the single opposition presidential candidate, showed satisfaction at President Hugo Chávez' alleged remarks "in which he conceded, before his followers, that we are tied in polls."

In a press release, Rosales claimed that such information leaked from a meeting Chávez -who is running for re-election next December 3rd- held with his electoral campaign taskforce Miranda, where they assessed recent polls.

Rosales added that Chávez "has publicly acknowledged we are tied."

* The final number of the Electoral Register for the election for president stood at 16,081,791 voters, National Electoral Council (CNE) president Sandra Oblitas reported.

The number approved by CNE board includes 15,919,261 Venezuelans and 162,530 foreigners.

As part of data base updating and enrollment, from February 1st to September 4th, new voters amounted to 249,801, in addition to 615,745 relocations and 1,708,350 new addresses.

CNE recorded 86,852 deceased people; challenged 29,784 and reconsidered 48,299.