President Jair Bolsonaro criticized the Electoral Court and defended the instant counting of votes in elections
After the president’s criticism Jair Bolsonaro (PL) to the verification of electronic voting machines, the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) released a note this Monday (June 13, 2022) clarifying that the simultaneous counting of votes is already carried out in the elections.
Earlier, the chief executive again criticized the TSE and defended the simultaneous counting of votes in this year’s elections. According to Bolsonaro, the government’s objective is “dispel this doubt” through the simultaneous counting of votes, suggested by the Armed Forces to the Electoral Court. According to him, the “ideal” to guarantee the security of the elections would be the printed vote, but the measure did not pass the Congress “by direct interference” by Minister Roberto Barroso.
In response to the Chief Executive, the TSE stated that the simultaneous counting of votes is already possible and that all transparency measures are being disclosed by the body.
“All the measures aimed at ensuring even more transparency and security in the 2022 Elections have been widely publicized by the TSE Portal and by the press, which leads us to believe that questions about the subject happen only due to technical ignorance or political motivations”says an excerpt from the note.
The TSE also stated that it will implement novelties in the October elections and mentioned the Ballot Boxes, which will be made available on the internet shortly after the end of the voting.
The files released are the results of each polling station in their original format, which, according to the Court, guarantees “integrity” in relation to the data disclosed by electronic voting machines.
In addition, the TSE stated that it is possible to make the count before the official disclosure on the internet. through the app “BO in hand”the interested party can carry out the reading.
“It is common, in supplementary elections, parties and candidates that carry out this process of totalization by their own means and that, sometimes, long before the Electoral Justice, already know the results, without any record of any dispute in relation to those officially disclosed”said the agency.
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