LONDON (REUTERS, AFP) - Turnout figures in Venezuela's Constitutional Assembly election were manipulated up by least 1 million votes, Smartmatic, a company which has worked with Venezuela since 2004 on its voting system, said on Wednesday (Aug 2). “We know, without any doubt, that the turnout of the recent election for a national constituent assembly was manipulated.”

“We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least 1m votes,” he continued. “We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least one million votes.”

The CEO of the voting technology company Smartmatic says the results of Venezuela’s election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution were tampered with. “Even in moments of deep political conflict and division, we have been satisfied that the voting process and the count has been completely accurate,” CEO Antonio Mugica told reporters while announcing the company had determined the turnout figures for an election in Venezuela held Sunday were tampered with. Venezuelan Poll 'Tampered With,' Says Voting System Company

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The results of Venezuela's controversial vote to create a new legislature and give President Nicolas Maduro broad authoritarian powers were "tampered with," to change turnout figures, according to the CEO of the firm that provided the election system.
At a news briefing in London, the CEO of Smartmatic, the Venezuelan-owned multinational company that provided the election system used in Sunday's election, says the number of those participating in the poll was tampered with, off by at least one million.