GOOD looks like Little Hitler's plan failed!!!
Voters reject Chavez's referendum
CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- Venezuelan voters narrowly rejected a constitutional referendum that would have bolstered President Hugo Chavez's embrace of socialism and granted an indefinite extension of his eligibility to serve as president, the National Electoral Council reported early Monday.
Voters Sunday search for their names on lists at a polling station in Caracas.
About 51 percent of voters opposed the amendments, while approximately 49 percent were in favor of them.
"Don't feel sad. Don't feel burdened," Chavez told supporters immediately after the results were announced.
More than nine million of Venezuelan's 16 million eligible voters went to the polls Sunday.
President of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, said the process "shows the entire world that we are a democratic country."
Chavez, in what he called a talk "from my heart" acknowledging the results, thanked those who opposed his proposal, saying the election had proven that Venezuelan democracy is maturing.
Thousands of people gathered in the streets, many of them university students who worked to defeat the measure, burst into singing their country's national anthem upon hearing the news.
Earlier in Caracas, Chavez -- clad in his trademark red shirt and cradling his grandson -- made the sign of the cross when he voted, then took his paper ballot and placed it in a box. "For me, it's a very happy day," he had said. [more]
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