Last month in Venezuela, the president of the national association of opposition mayors issued a message to the international community--including here in the United States, obviously--stating many of the obstacles being faced leading up to Venezuela's legislative elections, which are scheduled to take place on December 6. According to their statement, Venezuelan regime employees are obligated and harassed to attend public events to demonstrate support for pro-regime candidates. Socialist Party militants are dispatched to intimidate voters under the guise of assistance. And the Maduro regime is using military forces to keep citizens from voluntarily auditing electoral precincts, as it is stated by law. As the Maduro regime continues to refuse allowing international monitors, the United States must be even more vigilant of the threat of the fraud before and during election day in Venezuela. We should also be ready to sanction any regime official who perpetuates human rights violations because of this electoral process. ____________________
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