Brazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count
Justice Cristiano Zanin gave voters two extra hours and paused the count after complaints that bus cuts kept people from polling stations.
- On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Superior Electoral Court granted voters an additional two hours to cast ballots after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign requested an extension to polling hours.
- The request followed reports of significant public transit disruptions in São Paulo and Salvador, with Lula's campaign alleging municipal authorities restricted bus fleets to block voter access.
- Campaign representatives claimed São Paulo operated only 60% of its bus fleet on Sunday, while at least 75 public buses remained in Salvador garages, according to Poder360.
- Bahia's regional electoral court ordered the full bus fleet in Salvador restored immediately, imposing a fine of R$1 million per hour for non-compliance.
- With pre-election polls showing President Lula and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro running neck-and-neck, officials expect to announce the winner between 8.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. today.
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The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) extended the voting time throughout Brazil for another two hours after the second round of the presidential elections, after the lack of public transport buses in several Brazilian cities.
The anguish in Brazil is prolonged - What Lula and Bolsonaro said The post Brazil: The Supreme Court extended the vote for two hours appeared first on in.gr.
The second round of the Brazilian presidential election has resulted in unprecedented chaos due to the deliberate reduction of the bus fleet, which is free on voting day, by a series of far-right-controlled municipalities, allied with candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Party). The measure sought to punish the displacement of the popular sectors, who depend on public transport because they do not have private vehicles, and who constitute the ele…
Luis Inácio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro are contesting the second round. The post They extend two hours the presidential votes in Brazil appeared first on La Silla Empty.
The second round of the presidential elections in Brazil took place normally this Sunday in most of the country. More than 156 million Brazilians decide the future of the country in a suffocating dispute between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro. The historic democratic day, however, was tarnished by allegations of electoral sabotage in public transport in decisive cities such as São Paulo and Salvador de Bah…
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