Venezuela, Machado launches a platform to register voters

The opposition party Vente Venezuela, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, launched the Constructores digital platform to register Venezuelans living in the country and abroad ahead of possible elections.

The initiative aims to facilitate the updating of data and registration in the electoral register, also in view of a possible renewal of the National Electoral Council. Users will be able to enter their personal data and register using biometric identification.

The party ensures that the information will be protected and not accessible to its structures. The platform will also allow members to propose ideas and projects to be evaluated by the working groups.

For years the opposition has been denouncing the difficulties encountered by thousands of Venezuelans abroad in registering on the electoral lists, which are often accessible only on national territory. The new register should also help identify areas where registration points could be needed, should the institutional conditions to organize the vote be created.