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points by jochem9 4 days ago | 0 comments
Mass protests and voter activation might have tipped the scale towards Lula. There was a rude awakening among mainly the younger populace when Bolsonaro jr managed to get the most votes in the first round.
[–] fitblipper 4 days ago
What does "voter activation" mean in a country that requires that every person who can vote must vote?
[–] ricardobeat 4 days ago
~3 million more people voted compared to the first round. 30 million still didn’t vote. You just pay a fine to put your registration in order for the next time, there are no long term consequences.
[–] dlisboa 3 days ago
Voting is mandatory but people aren't dragged to the polls. If they don't vote they get a small fine, the repercussions are tiny. So participation is still an issue, there were about 30 million people who didn't vote in the runoff, against 33 million in the first round.
[–] 0dayz 4 days ago
Just because you can vote doesn't mean you have to vote on the first candidate or the other one, voting blank or voting arbitrary is genuine options.

So voting activation is to push all those people to not vote blank or arbitrarily.

[–] Machado117 4 days ago
Means +3M voters on the second round. While voting is mandatory no one is forced to vote
[–] chem83 3 days ago
Other than the other points made, 16-17, 70+, and illiterate are granted voluntary suffrage. Some of the activation came from convincing those people to show up and cast a ballot.