By Jane Glenn Cannon Staff Writer jcannon@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — About 473 people cast votes in a plebiscite election at Amazonia Latin Flavor in Norman to show solidarity with an election in Venezuela.
A plebiscite election is one in which people of a country or region express their opinion for or against political matters.
Beatriz Mayorca, with SOSVenezuela-Oklahoma, one of the organizers of the Norman event held Sunday, called it a civil protest and vote against proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela she said would “destroy democracy.”
SOSVenezuela-Oklahoma organized a similar plebiscite election in Tulsa.
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