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Voting Operations

Brazil Brazil

VO003

Electors vote at
Question:Where can electors vote?
Answer(s): a. At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections
Comments: Art. 148 The voter may only vote in the polling station where their name is registered. § 1 This requirement may only be waived in the cases provided for in Article 145 and its paragraphs.
Source: Electoral Code, Law No. 4737, of July 15, 1965, Article 145, 148: https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): b. Citizens residing outside the country
Comments: Art. 225 In the elections for president and vice-president of the Republic, a voter who is abroad may vote. § 1 For this purpose, polling stations will be organized at the embassies and consulates-general. § 2 If it is necessary to set up two or more polling stations, a location where a Brazilian government service is operating may be used. Art. 228 Up to 30 (thirty) days before the election, all Brazilian voters residing abroad must notify the Diplomatic Mission or Consulate-General of their voter status and residence, by letter, telegram, or any other means. § 1 With the list of these notifications and the data from the consular registration, the voting rolls will be prepared, and the voters will be notified of the time and location of the vote. § 2 On the day of the election, only those listed on the voting roll will be allowed to vote, along with passengers and crew members of warships and merchant ships and aircraft who are at the polling station on that day. Art. 231 Anyone who, being obligated to vote, fails to do so will be subject, in addition to the penalties provided for voters who do not vote within the national territory, to the prohibition of requesting any document from the diplomatic office to which they are assigned, until they provide justification.
Source: Electoral Code, Law No. 4737, of July 15, 1965, Article 225, 228, 231: https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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VO005

Locations for voting outside of the country
Question:If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s): a. Embassies
b. Consulates
c. Special polling stations
Comments: All Brazilians living abroad who are over 18 years old – with the exception of those over 70 years old and illiterates – are required to vote only in the elections for president and vice-president of the Republic. Art. 225 In the elections for president and vice-president of the Republic, a voter who is abroad may vote. § 1 For this purpose, polling stations will be organized at the embassies and consulates-general. § 2 If it is necessary to set up two or more polling stations, a location where a Brazilian government service is operating may be used.
Source: Official Website of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: https://www.tse.jus.br/servicos-eleitorais/eleitorado-no-exterior https://www.tse.jus.br/comunicacao/noticias/2024/Fevereiro/eleitor-que-mora-fora-do-pais-vota-nas-eleicoes-municipais Electoral Code, Law No. 4737, of July 15, 1965, Article 225: https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): d. Electronic voting machine
Comments: Art. 59 Voting and the totalization of votes will be done by electronic system, with the Superior Electoral Court being able to authorize, in exceptional cases, the application of the rules established in Articles 83 to 89. § 1 Electronic voting will be done by entering the number of the candidate or the party acronym, and the candidate's name and photograph, as well as the party name or party acronym, must appear on the electronic voting machine display, with the title of the position being contested shown in either the masculine or feminine form, as applicable.
Source: Elections Law – Law No. 9,504, of September 30, 1997, Articles 59: https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997
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