Chavez Seeks Re-Election Reform In Venezuela Vote -- ReutersCARACAS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted on Sunday on a reform proposal that would allow President Hugo Chavez to stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections, his second bid to extend his rule after a decade in power.
Chavez, a socialist who says he needs at least another ten years to complete his revolution, holds a slim edge in polls but many Venezuelans remain undecided.
A former soldier who often challenges U.S. influence, Chavez lost a vote in December to lift term limits and if he loses his second try he would have to leave office in 2013 or find another way to change the rules.
Booming fireworks, car horns and recordings of military bugles played from trucks woke up residents in Caracas, where Venezuelans started lining up at the polling stations before dawn.
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