Maria

There's nothing to do. There's nothing to fight about. It's just the bureaucrat and the machine working. So that takes, let's say, an hour or two. And then the aberration begins. Suddenly, you know, the bureaucrat is sitting there and it's like, oh, we can't transmit the data. It's the signal the machine can't process and transmit the data. It's the signal, it's the signal.

And then it's clear that the data isn't transmitting in many, many voting centers. And there are people outside of her voting center and others pressuring the members of the voting center.

And then it's clear that the data isn't transmitting in many, many voting centers. And there are people outside of her voting center and others pressuring the members of the voting center.

I'm standing next to her and she's trying and she's trying and she's trying and she can't get it to work. And then the soldier that I was fighting with, he starts to get tensed up. And then the Chavista, other person who's my compañera's neighbor, she starts to get fired up after being tired. And then the people outside start to demand a hand couch.

I'm standing next to her and she's trying and she's trying and she's trying and she can't get it to work. And then the soldier that I was fighting with, he starts to get tensed up. And then the Chavista, other person who's my compañera's neighbor, she starts to get fired up after being tired. And then the people outside start to demand a hand couch.

And then the tension starts to rise all over again with this bureaucrat person. basically saying, I can't transmit the result, I don't know what's happening, but I can't do it.

And then the tension starts to rise all over again with this bureaucrat person. basically saying, I can't transmit the result, I don't know what's happening, but I can't do it.

The moment that the data is not transmitting, we all start to help the bureaucrat to find signals So we move the table from one side, we move the table to the other side. We try to kind of not touch the machine, but help her move the table to find the signal there. We're all trying to help the bureaucrat find some kind of signal so that the machine can transmit the data.

The moment that the data is not transmitting, we all start to help the bureaucrat to find signals So we move the table from one side, we move the table to the other side. We try to kind of not touch the machine, but help her move the table to find the signal there. We're all trying to help the bureaucrat find some kind of signal so that the machine can transmit the data.

She was trying to get signal like one would on their cell phone when there's no cell phone coverage, helping her find a solution to this issue.

She was trying to get signal like one would on their cell phone when there's no cell phone coverage, helping her find a solution to this issue.

Only living it can you fully understand it because it's just too loco, it's too crazy.

Only living it can you fully understand it because it's just too loco, it's too crazy.

I went into robot mode because my role was to get the acta, the voting tally, the acta, the voting tally. So all I could think of was acta, acta, acta. I'm not leaving this place without an acta. And then even at one point I went up to the bureaucrat and I said, hey. you know, she's like playing dumb a little.

I went into robot mode because my role was to get the acta, the voting tally, the acta, the voting tally. So all I could think of was acta, acta, acta. I'm not leaving this place without an acta. And then even at one point I went up to the bureaucrat and I said, hey. you know, she's like playing dumb a little.

Sometimes I get a little bit lost, you know, and like here I took out, you know, here's the pamphlet and the brochure we were given with the law, here are the instructions. And then here it says that you're going to give me the voting tally, correct? You're going to give me the acta? And she said, of course, sí, sí, sí, claro, of course I am. And then I could relax.

Sometimes I get a little bit lost, you know, and like here I took out, you know, here's the pamphlet and the brochure we were given with the law, here are the instructions. And then here it says that you're going to give me the voting tally, correct? You're going to give me the acta? And she said, of course, sí, sí, sí, claro, of course I am. And then I could relax.

But there were other people where they closed the voting center and even my Pedro went to another voting center where they completely closed it down at this point and refused to give people actas and people had to go mobilize and protest outside of the voting centers. Luckily, that was not the case in my voting center because I was like a robotic soldier next to this bureaucrat.

But there were other people where they closed the voting center and even my Pedro went to another voting center where they completely closed it down at this point and refused to give people actas and people had to go mobilize and protest outside of the voting centers. Luckily, that was not the case in my voting center because I was like a robotic soldier next to this bureaucrat.

The soldier, the bureaucrat, the chavistas, all of us just looked at each other knowingly that the opposition had won. I finally get my act that really it's a long paper like a chorizo, like a sausage. You see all the numbers and all the data. But to be honest, I didn't even really have time to look at it closely because I handed it over like kind of like a relay race.