Editing Elections in Venezuela (section)

===Electoral registration===
Under the 1999 [[Constitution of Venezuela]], all Venezuelans over the age of 18 have the right to vote (Article 64). Additionally, long-term resident non-nationals over 18 (resident over 10 years) have the right to vote in regional and local elections (Article 64). Article 56 specifies that everyone has "the right to be registered free of charge with the Civil Registry Office after birth, and to obtain public documents constituting evidence of their biological identity, in accordance with the law."

According to the [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]], the proportion of the voting-age population on the Electoral Register has risen from 80% in 1998 to 95% in 2011, with 19m (including nearly 100,000 voters outside Venezuela) registered in 2012 compared with 12m in 2003.<ref name=embavenez>Venezuelan Embassy in the UK, 20 May 2012, [http://embavenez.co.uk/pdf/cne/cne3.pdf THE VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND THE ELECTIONS OF 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928095027/http://embavenez.co.uk/pdf/cne/cne3.pdf |date=2020-09-28 }}, accessed 30 April 2013</ref> Voters register fingerprints and identity card details onto the Electoral Register, and these are to be verified during the voting process.<ref name=embavenez/>