BARINAS - An election re-run to decide the governor of Venezuela's Barinas state, the birthplace of former President Hugo Chavez and stronghold of the country's ruling party, began at 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Instead the Supreme Court ordered the vote to be repeated after disqualifying opposition candidate Freddy Superlano. The decision followed an order made by the comptroller general in August saying Superlano was under administrative investigations and was disqualified from running. People were already waiting in line to cast ballots at O'Leary High School, where 2,456 people are registered, making it one of the largest voting centers in the state capital of the same name.
Whatever the result, it will not alter the Socialist party's control of the majority of governorships, but could offer a symbolic victory for the fractured opposition.
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