  On August 15th, 2004, Venezuelans had the opportunity to vote in a
Presidential Recall Referendum to decide whether or not President Hugo
Ch\'{a}vez should be removed from office. The process was largely computerized
using a touch-screen system. In general the ballots were not manually counted.
The significance of the high linear correlation (0.99) between the number of
requesting signatures for the recall petition and the number of opposition
votes in computerized centers is analyzed. The same-day audit was found to be
not only ineffective but a source of suspicion. Official results were compared
with the 1998 presidential election and other electoral events and distortions
were found.
