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Vote Counting
VC004
Votes are sorted/counted at
Question: Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer:
a . The polling stations
Comments: ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM AND THE TOTALIZATION OF VOTES
Art. 59. Voting and the totalization of votes shall be done by electronic system, and the Superior Electoral Court may authorize, on an exceptional basis, the application of the rules set forth in Articles 83 to 89.
Art. 61. The electronic voting machine shall count each vote, ensuring its secrecy and inviolability, with broad oversight guaranteed to political parties, coalitions, and candidates.
Art. 66. § 1º All computer programs owned by the Superior Electoral Court, developed by it or on its behalf, used in electronic voting machines for the processes of voting, counting, and totalization, may have their specification and development phases monitored by technicians appointed by political parties, the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, up to six months before the elections.
§ 2º Once the programs referred to in § 1º are completed, they shall be presented for analysis to the accredited representatives of political parties and coalitions, up to twenty days before the elections, at the premises of the Superior Electoral Court, in the form of source programs and executable programs, including application and security systems, as well as special libraries. The private electronic keys and electronic access passwords shall remain confidential under Electoral Justice. After presentation and verification, copies of the source programs and compiled programs will be sealed.
Electoral Code:
Art. 184. Once the counting is completed, the board shall send to the Regional Electoral Court, within twenty-four hours, all election papers related to state or federal elections, along with the documents concerning the counting process, as well as the general minutes of their work, in which the vote counts for each party and candidate, as well as any uncounted votes, shall be recorded, with an explanation of the reasons why those votes were not counted.
Art. 205. The Superior Electoral Court shall carry out the overall counting of the elections for President and Vice President of the Republic based on the results verified by the regional electoral courts in each state.
Source: Elections Law – Law No. 9.504, of September 30, 1997, Article 59, 61, 66, 83-89:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997
Electoral Code – Law No. 4.737, of July 15, 1965, Article 184, 205:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
Verified: 2024/10/14
VC011
When are ballots recounted?
Question: Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s):
c . Automatically (triggered) recounted under certain conditions d . By request e . Court order f . Other
Comments:
Source: Electoral Code – Law No. 4.737, of July 15, 1965, Article 179 (II §8), 180 (II), 181:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
Elections Law – Law No. 9.504, of September 30, 1997, Article 88:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997
Verified: 2024/10/14
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