Maria

So all these scenarios would be played out in the first four hours of that training of like, OK, if you don't get the acta, this is what you put into place. First of all, what are they telling you? You know, oh, the machine wasn't working or I can't get you the acta because of X reason. And at that moment, you would be like, OK, I can be friendly and have a communication.

But if I'm not getting the actas, I would tell the Pedro's, quote unquote, or someone like Pedro who's monitoring outside. I would say, hey, they don't want to bring us the actas. At that moment, they had their own strategy and training on how to mobilize, which would involve either bringing lawyers or journalists or very courageous people to be like, this is the law.

But if I'm not getting the actas, I would tell the Pedro's, quote unquote, or someone like Pedro who's monitoring outside. I would say, hey, they don't want to bring us the actas. At that moment, they had their own strategy and training on how to mobilize, which would involve either bringing lawyers or journalists or very courageous people to be like, this is the law.

We need to put pressure on getting the actas.

We need to put pressure on getting the actas.

And then we would act out different scenarios where like we had to face the military, in this case, the army. How to be on the one hand, very jocosa, very charming and very, you know, like friendly. And, you know, we're in this for the right reasons. We're all citizens and we're voting together and kind of be on the same page.

And then we would act out different scenarios where like we had to face the military, in this case, the army. How to be on the one hand, very jocosa, very charming and very, you know, like friendly. And, you know, we're in this for the right reasons. We're all citizens and we're voting together and kind of be on the same page.

as citizens shoulder to shoulder, but with the brochure in our hand, knowing the law. We're not here to negotiate the law. We're here to be in this process together, but making sure that we are following the law. So at first, you know, you're very friendly and you're moving toward this, but they would train us.

as citizens shoulder to shoulder, but with the brochure in our hand, knowing the law. We're not here to negotiate the law. We're here to be in this process together, but making sure that we are following the law. So at first, you know, you're very friendly and you're moving toward this, but they would train us.

If there's any deviation from what's stated in the brochure, then at that moment, you would take out your brochure and say, hey, amigo, we're not following the law in this particular case. Look here.

If there's any deviation from what's stated in the brochure, then at that moment, you would take out your brochure and say, hey, amigo, we're not following the law in this particular case. Look here.

By law, they have to wait outside. Only the active witnesses are allowed inside. But one point, the government side wanted their backup witnesses inside, but they weren't allowed. So it was like a little bit of a bickering fight because the woman who was kind of running... She was a chavista.

By law, they have to wait outside. Only the active witnesses are allowed inside. But one point, the government side wanted their backup witnesses inside, but they weren't allowed. So it was like a little bit of a bickering fight because the woman who was kind of running... She was a chavista.

A very older woman who was very arbitrary, very kind of not following the law. And this woman, me and my co-witness from the other table, did a strategy where... She was good cop and I was bad cop. And the reason we did that was because my co-witness knew this woman from their neighborhood and from their life. So she couldn't be overtly kind of mean or just kind of overtly bad cop.

A very older woman who was very arbitrary, very kind of not following the law. And this woman, me and my co-witness from the other table, did a strategy where... She was good cop and I was bad cop. And the reason we did that was because my co-witness knew this woman from their neighborhood and from their life. So she couldn't be overtly kind of mean or just kind of overtly bad cop.

So my co-witness would be talking to her and be very friendly. And then I was kind of the complainer and I was actively complaining. You know, to the point that, you know, they were like, well, you're really complaining a lot. And she was like, I complain? I'm not complaining. I'm following the law.

So my co-witness would be talking to her and be very friendly. And then I was kind of the complainer and I was actively complaining. You know, to the point that, you know, they were like, well, you're really complaining a lot. And she was like, I complain? I'm not complaining. I'm following the law.

That was the whole point, to fully understand the law and to be able to bring in the law in the moments where I saw that there was deviation from that election law.

That was the whole point, to fully understand the law and to be able to bring in the law in the moments where I saw that there was deviation from that election law.

Not only that... The way they distribute amongst the two tables is by age. So this I had never seen before, that suddenly on one table they have everyone over 57. So why that matters is because suddenly, if you don't have people that are of mixed ages, suddenly one table, if everyone is over 57, the voting time goes from one minute to like five minutes or more.