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points by epolanski 4 days ago | 0 comments

Why unfortunate?

Bolsonaro-aligned mayors deliberately blocked busses from running that would take people to the polls in Lula-supporting neighborhoods. Emergency legal decisions allowed voting times to extend as a response to this. By the margin of votes, it wouldn't have mattered.

[–] matheusmoreira 4 days ago

Busses with a Lula insignia on it, which is an electoral crime.

[–] netsharc 4 days ago

Ah yeah, the serious serious crime of having stickers on busses...

Just as bad as storming the capitol!

[–] matheusmoreira 4 days ago

Personally, I don't consider it a serious crime at all, or even a crime.

However, it is an electoral crime to do things like stamp public transport vehicles with a party insignia to "remind" candidates who provides for them. As such, it's not at all surprising that the busses were grounded.

[–] Rapzid 4 days ago

Wow, yeah. Someone should totally find the people responsible and let them know how criminal they were. Super top priority.

Also it's a good thing people were afforded more time to vote in case their buses weren't running.

It would be sad for a Bolsonaro voter to not be counted because some cheeky rapscallion stickered a bus.

Thank goodness both candidates sought extension and it was granted.

[–] matheusmoreira 4 days ago

The point is the busses weren't grounded maliciously in order to deliberately stop people from voting. There is an actual reason why it happened: Lula's supporters slapped Lula stickers onto the buses, which is an electoral crime.

[–] epolanski 4 days ago

I think you're missing the point, while not a serious offense it is still an offense and tampering of the electoral process.

[–] Rapzid 4 days ago

I don't think I'm missing the point at all mate. The point is to insinuate some conspiracy bull cock and I'm calling bull cock.

[–] tomcam 4 days ago

> Lula was allowed to do every "electoral crime" they barred Bolsonaro from doing in 2022. They even extended voting time, a move that directly benefiting him, and also ruled illegal back in 2022.

[–] spolitry 4 days ago

Letting cirixes vote in elections is bad?