Chavez rally last yearFrom CNN:
CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- Venezuelans swarmed the polls on Sunday to cast ballots in hundreds of gubernatorial, mayoral and legislative elections.
But for President Hugo Chavez, the election is about himself -- and he's not even on the ballot.
Widely seen as a test of his influence over voters, Sunday's elections are the first since Venezuelans shot down a referendum that would have allowed Chavez to run for his third six-year term.
Turnout was high for the voting, electorial officials told The Associated Press.
Major losses by his ruling PSUV party Sunday would deeply damage any effort to place the referendum on the ballot again.
"In the final tally," political analyst Luis Vicente Leon told CNN in a recent interview, "it's not the election of governors and mayors that he is looking for.
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My Comment: Intimidation, corruption, and fraud .... this will be the news story tomorrow.