Maduro’s latest trick to impair the Venezuela opposition involves designing confusing ballots | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

It’s no secret that Venezuela is a cosmetic democracy in which President Nicolas Maduro resorts to all kinds of dirty tricks to retain absolute powers, but his latest move — designing ballot sheets designed to confuse opposition voters — would be almost amusing if it weren’t so devious. Earlier this week, Venezuela’s government-controlled National Electoral Commission…