Venezuela opposition says ballot sheet unfair for Oct. 15 voteCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela s opposition said on Friday the pro-government election board was seeking to skew regional elections in favor of President Nicolas Maduro s ruling socialists by including the names of candidates defeated in primaries on the ballot.  After street protests that led to at least 125 deaths and failed to dislodge Maduro earlier in the year, the opposition has shifted its focus to Oct. 15 elections for the governors of Venezuela s 23 states. The socialists currently hold 20 states, but a crushing economic crisis has dented their popularity and the opposition now has majority support, polls show.  The Democratic Unity coalition is targeting winning 18 governorships, but fears a confusing electronic ballot sheet could hurt its vote.  Despite opposition primaries to choose a single candidate per state from the several dozen parties in the coalition, the election board is keeping all the original aspirants  names on. So instead of seeing one opposition candidate versus one Socialist Party candidate, voters will see various faces of opposition candidates, potentially causing confusion and diluting the vote to the benefit of the government.   That s the fraud the government wants to commit,  coalition official Tomas Guanipa told a news conference of the election board s stance, which was ratified by the similarly pro-Maduro Supreme Court on Thursday.  We invite all Venezuelans who can see how the government is trying to mock them and put up obstacles, to come out and vote massively for the unity candidate in the states. The government s tricks will become a boomerang.  Election board officials did not respond to accusations of bias, but said the ballot was now set and would not be changed. Government officials have said the rules are fair, and the opposition is simply seeking to justify possible violent actions after the vote.         While the opposition wants the Oct. 15 vote to demonstrate Maduro s unpopularity and undermine his power at regional level, the government is trumpeting the election as proof against growing criticism Venezuela has become a dictatorship. worldnews
venezuela opposition says ballot sheet unfair votecaracas reuters venezuela opposition said friday election board seeking skew regional elections favor president nicolas maduro ruling socialists including names candidates defeated primaries ballot after street protests led least deaths failed dislodge maduro earlier year opposition shifted focus elections governors venezuela states the socialists currently hold states crushing economic crisis denied popularity opposition majority support polls show the democratic unity coalition targeting winning governorship fears confusing electronic ballot sheet could hurt vote despite opposition primaries choose single candidate per state several dozen parties coalition election board keeping original aspirants names so instead seeing one opposition candidate versus one socialist party candidate voters see various faces opposition candidates potentially causing confusion deleting vote benefit government that fraud government wants commit coalition official tomas guanipa told news conference election board stance ratified similarly supreme court thursday we invite venezuela see government trying mock put obstacles come vote massively unity candidate states the government tricks become boomerang election board officials respond accusations bias said ballot set would changed government officials said rules fair opposition simply seeking justify possible violent actions vote while opposition wants vote demonstrate maduro popularity undermine power regional level government trumpeting election proof growing criticism venezuela become dictatorship worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Venezuela opposition says ballot sheet unfair for Oct. 15 voteCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela s opposition said on Friday the pro-government election board was seeking to skew regional elections in favor of President Nicolas Maduro s ruling socialists by including the names of candidates defeated in primaries on the ballot.  After street protests that led to at least 125 deaths and failed to dislodge Maduro earlier in the year, the opposition has shifted its focus to Oct. 15 elections for the governors of Venezuela s 23 states. The socialists currently hold 20 states, but a crushing economic crisis has dented their popularity and the opposition now has majority support, polls show.  The Democratic Unity coalition is targeting winning 18 governorships, but fears a confusing electronic ballot sheet could hurt its vote.  Despite opposition primaries to choose a single candidate per state from the several dozen parties in the coalition, the election board is keeping all the original aspirants  names on. So instead of seeing one opposition candidate versus one Socialist Party candidate, voters will see various faces of opposition candidates, potentially causing confusion and diluting the vote to the benefit of the government.   That s the fraud the government wants to commit,  coalition official Tomas Guanipa told a news conference of the election board s stance, which was ratified by the similarly pro-Maduro Supreme Court on Thursday.  We invite all Venezuelans who can see how the government is trying to mock them and put up obstacles, to come out and vote massively for the unity candidate in the states. The government s tricks will become a boomerang.  Election board officials did not respond to accusations of bias, but said the ballot was now set and would not be changed. Government officials have said the rules are fair, and the opposition is simply seeking to justify possible violent actions after the vote.         While the opposition wants the Oct. 15 vote to demonstrate Maduro s unpopularity and undermine his power at regional level, the government is trumpeting the election as proof against growing criticism Venezuela has become a dictatorship. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: venezuela opposition says ballot sheet unfair votecaracas reuters venezuela opposition said friday election board seeking skew regional elections favor president nicolas maduro ruling socialists including names candidates defeated primaries ballot after street protests led least deaths failed dislodge maduro earlier year opposition shifted focus elections governors venezuela states the socialists currently hold states crushing economic crisis denied popularity opposition majority support polls show the democratic unity coalition targeting winning governorship fears confusing electronic ballot sheet could hurt vote despite opposition primaries choose single candidate per state several dozen parties coalition election board keeping original aspirants names so instead seeing one opposition candidate versus one socialist party candidate voters see various faces opposition candidates potentially causing confusion deleting vote benefit government that fraud government wants commit coalition official tomas guanipa told news conference election board stance ratified similarly supreme court thursday we invite venezuela see government trying mock put obstacles come vote massively unity candidate states the government tricks become boomerang election board officials respond accusations bias said ballot set would changed government officials said rules fair opposition simply seeking justify possible violent actions vote while opposition wants vote demonstrate maduro popularity undermine power regional level government trumpeting election proof growing criticism venezuela become dictatorship worldnews