The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) scheduled a second meeting for August 17th with ambassadors, diplomatic representatives and international organizations, in order to explain the functioning of the Brazilian electronic voting machine, as well as the country's electoral system.
TSE will have another meeting with ambassadors to explain electronic voting
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) scheduled a second meeting for August 17th with ambassadors, diplomatic representatives and international organizations, in order to explain the functioning of the Brazilian electronic...
According to the court, the meeting will take place at the TSE headquarters and will continue transparency actions aimed at the international community.
In it, the President of the Court, Minister Kássio Nunes Marques, will once again explain how electronic voting machines work.
The demonstration came after senator Flávio Bolsonaro, PL candidate for President of the Republic, adopted the same strategy as his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, of disclosing false information about the electronic voting machine to ambassadors from other countries, raising questions about the reliability of the Brazilian electoral system.
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Flávio Bolsonaro said, without providing evidence, that many of the machines used in the Brazilian elections were from Smartmatic, a company associated with the Venezuelan electoral system. Amidst the pre-candidate's statements, the TSE has publicly expressed itself to reaffirm that Smartmatic did not supply ballot boxes or develop software for the Brazilian elections.
The TSE reiterated that the ballot boxes were designed by employees of the Electoral Court and produced by companies contracted through public bidding, highlighting that the association between Smartmatic and the Brazilian voting system had already been denied several times in recent years.
The episode was seen by critics and experts as a resumption of the strategy adopted by former president Jair Bolsonaro, who repeatedly questioned the security of electronic voting machines and, in 2022, brought together ambassadors to present accusations later classified by the Electoral Court as unfounded.
In a statement, the TSE informed that the Brazilian elections will be monitored by several international observers. Among them, the European Union, Organization of American States (OAS), Parlasul, Carter Center, Uniore and Rojae-CPLP.
Everyone will join the Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the October election.
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Source: Noticias ao Minuto - Brasil
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