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The electoral system of Brazil is the set of means used to choose representatives and government members of the Federative Republic of Brazil.The current system is defined by the 1988 Constitution and the Electoral Code [] (Law No. 4,737 of 1965), in addition to being regulated by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) as delegated by law.
Brazilian voting machine, 2020. Electronic voting was first introduced to Brazil in 1996, with the first tests carried out in the state of Santa Catarina. The primary design goal of the voting machine (Portuguese: urna eletrônica) is extreme simplicity, the model being a public phone booth. The voting machines perform three steps – voter ...
Direct presidential elections are held in Brazil as part of the general elections every four years (which has been regular since 1994), typically in October. The current electoral law provides for a two-round system in which a candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate passes the 50% threshold, a run-off is held between the top two candidates. [1]
Conservative and center-right parties were the big winners in Brazil's city elections on Sunday, but right-leaning voters preferred moderates to candidates endorsed by harder line former President ...
Bolsonaro could find himself barred from public office until 2030 if a majority of the Brasilia court's seven judges find he abused his power by summoning ambassadors to vent unfounded claims ...
Price responded that U.S. officials had spoken with senior Brazilian officials about the electronic voting system, that the U.S. view was that the Brazilian electoral system was successfully tested for many years and was a model for other nations, and that the United States would follow the elections with great interest. [217] [218]
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Donald Trump's electoral victory in the United States has injected new energy into Brazil's hard right and stirred hopes that former President Jair Bolsonaro can mirror his ...
Electoral Design Reference Materials from the ACE Project; PARLINE database from the Inter-Parliamentary Union; Political Database of the Americas - Georgetown University; Project for Global Democracy and Human Rights This page links to a table and a world map that is color-coded by the primary electoral system used by each country.