Chavez's party gears up for primary vote in Venezuela

The party led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is holding a primary vote to choose candidates for upcoming state and elections. Members of the Venezuelan United Socialist Party will be selecting candidates for 23 state governor posts and 337 municipal seats. The National Electoral Council is setting up 8,000 voting machines for the primary this weekend. Sunday's vote will choose a slate of candidates that Chavez hopes will let his ruling party hold on to its dominant majority. Opposition leaders hope to hand Chavez another electoral setback after voters rejected a December referendum that would have scrapped term limits and let the president run for re-election indefinitely.