Venezuela Opposition Worries about October 15 Vote

A low voter turnout October 15th is what worries Juan Pablo Guanipa the most.  The opposition lawmaker, career politician, and now candidate to the governorship of Zulia state -- one of the top oil producing regions in the hemisphere -- said as much to a small group of journalists at an informal gathering in Caracas days ago. “I think Maduro can still get, at a state level, 30% of the popular vote, particularly with their dirty tricks, busing people to voting centers, watching over them as they vote to make sure they cast their ballots for Maduro candidates. But if voter turnout is high enough, say abstention is below 30%, we can beat that no problem,” Guanipa told the Latin American Herald Tribune. More…