Venezuelan voters get the chance to have their say on Hugo Chavez as polls open on today in the most closely fought presidential election since he won power in 1998. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. By NBC News staff and wire services
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Updated at 2:40 p.m. ET: CARACAS - As Venezuelans streamed to the polls, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he will accept the results of the country's election, whether he wins or loses.
"We'll respect the results, whatever they are," he told reporters after casting his vote in Caracas. He also said voters were turning out in massive numbers in Sunday's election.
The Venezuelan leader is running against opposition leader Henrique Capriles in a vote widely viewed as the toughest electoral challenge of Chavez's nearly 14-year-old presidency. Chavez was greeted at the polling center by American actor Danny Glover and Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu.
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