With Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro, trailing badly in polls ahead of the July 28 vote, the government has imposed stringent rules making registering to vote nearly impossible for millions of Venezuelans living abroad, including in the United States, Spain and Latin American countries.
As a result, the government's tactics are tantamount to sweeping electoral fraud, election experts say, since as many as 25 percent of Venezuela's eligible voters live outside the country, and a large number would most likely not vote for Mr. Maduro.
Between 3.5 million and 5.5 million Venezuelans eligible to vote live outside the country out of a total electorate of 21 million people, according to election experts and opposition activists.
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