Over 16 Million in Venezuela Vote

The Venezuelan referendum on constitutional reform will be decided tomorrow by 16.1 million voters.

There will be 11,132 voting centers, of which 10,547 will be automated with 32,939 machines.

A total of 10,213 biometric identification machines will be used in eight federal entities, plus indelible inking to exclude the possibility of a double vote.

In the popular consultation the statistics reflect six states with more than a million people registered in the census, among them Zulia, Miranda, the Capital District, Carabobo, Lara and Aragua.

With less than 300,000 voters there will be Nueva Esparta, Vargas, Apure, Cojedesand others.

Also, nearly 60,000 Venezuelans are registered to vote abroad, which will be possible with the activation of 125 voting centers.

The consultation is directed to endorse changes to 69 articles and 15 transitory dispositions to the Magna Carta, with a view to supporting the transition of the country toward a socialist model.