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points by willmadden 4 days ago | 0 comments

Lula used a justice he appointed to order polling stations to stay open past the agreed upon deadline without consulting the courts that are supposed to rule on election matters. That's election interference. I'm not convinced the population is going to see him as legitimate after that stunt.

[–] dkga 4 days ago

Brazilian here. It was unprecedented but not unreasonable, given problems with availability of public transportation in a number of locations. Both sides asked for extensions, although in different places that would favour their own bases. A nationwide extension was the best option, even if it was semi-botched due to the time it was decided. Also, the vote difference between Lula and Bolsonaro was much larger than any additional voting would have delivered.

[–] mbStavola 4 days ago

Bolsonaro also sought extra voting time as well. He wanted it done only in certain states but it was granted nationwide. He was very involved in this process and is now crying foul because it wasn't done in a matter exclusively favorable to him!

[–] motionlessveloc 4 days ago

Heaven forbid more voters get to chance to cast their vote!

And FWIW Bolsonaro was also asking the polling stations to stay open longer.

[–] gorgoiler 4 days ago

It’s a tough position to fight for: “Lula only won because too many people voted for him!”.

I think you are equivocating. Denying people their vote indeed counts as election tampering but that doesn’t mean giving more people the vote is also bad.

[–] gverrilla 4 days ago

Flavio asked for the same thing. Stop spreading fake news.

[–] willmadden 4 days ago

What I wrote happened. It's not "fake news". What remains to be seen is which polling stations remained open and which did not. This election may need to be annulled.

[–] cesarb 4 days ago

> What remains to be seen is which polling stations remained open and which did not.

You can check it yourself, the output and log files for each ballot box are already available. I can see that mine opened and closed at the expected time.