You will need to provide proof for this other than "I said so". The electoral system in Venezuela has been audited numerous times by international organizations and deemed to be fair. PLEASE try to understand that the Venezuela you see on the news is not close to the majority of the country. Most of the country is still quite poor, but - they have voting power!

- A Venezuelan expat

The electoral system itself can be audited and found to be fair. However, it's unfair to:

* Abuse the State's massive control of the media in favor of the ruling party.

* Threaten people, fire them from their government positions, deny scholarships, or otherwise attack people for being against the government(see: Lista Tascón).

* Shamelessly use resources of the State for political propaganda in favor of the ruling party.

* Take power away from elected officials and create alternate institutions to replace them, when the electoral results don't favor the ruling party (see: Caracas Mayor).

* Deny audits after an election, an integral part of fair elections.

* Finally: kill, attack or detain people for opposing the ruling party, which is what's going on as of this moment while we type comments here.

So whether the voting machines work correctly is far from the only thing needed to consider elections fair.

- Another Venezuelan expat

I happen to know someone (through a third party) who grew up with Chavez and was very close to him up until the last few years prior to his death. Early elections were legit, after that they were all rigged.

I believe this.

Are you serious? Did you follow the elections? All the surveys were saying Maduro would lose, then he wins by 500 votes?