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Late voting

Closing time has been extended until midnight. First projections say SI 4.5 million, NO 2.5 million. Wait and see.

Still at Sagrado

Some people have been in line for 14 hours, and they say they'll stay for as long as it takes. They're tough.

Endless line

Military officers at Sagrado Corazon School have actually managed to slow things down. It's dark, so no pics.

On the go

I'm out bringing water and snacks to people waiting in line. There's a line of about 300 yards. Pics later.

A cadena because of a joke

CNE president, Francisco Carrasquero, has 'announced' he got an audio sample with his voice, saying that Chavez had been revoked. The audio has the introductory music used in every single cadena, and one can hear the voice of Carrasquero announcing the SÍ option had won with more than 11 million votes. An outrage, right?

The truth is, it's an audio sample made by Fausto Malavé, a popular radio host. He has a morning radio program at Circuito X FM, every weekday from 6am to 8am. It's the program I listen to everyday, and I've heard the Carrasquero audio every morning for the last month or so. Fausto uses the audio as a joke, saying that if you want something so bad, you have to visualize it. That's what the audio is for. Nothing but a radio joke, and these CNE clowns are making too much of a deal out of it.

Click here to read Fausto Malave's statement on the audio joke.

Unidad Educativa Sagrado Corazón, Valencia. 

Unidad Educativa Sagrado Corazón. Valencia. 

Unidad Educativa Sagrado Corazón, Valencia. 

Escuela Bolivariana Pedro Castillo, Valencia. 

People waiting at Colegio Calasanz, in northern Valencia. 

People waiting at Colegio Calasanz, in northern Valencia.