
Voting for president and governor takes place this Sunday (25) across the state
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The second round of the Brazilian elections takes place after a first round where 25.2% of Rio Grande do Sul voters did not vote for candidates for president or governor.
How to vote
To vote, the voter must present an official document with photo. It is also possible to use the e-Título as an identification document, as long as the application displays the voter's photo.
Before entering the voting booth, cell phones and other equipment capable of recording or transmitting images must be left with the poll worker.
At 77 years old, retired Salete Lopes was the first to line up at the Walfredo Gurgel State School, in Natal, this Sunday (25). She arrived at the location at 6:20 am, before voting began. Dona Salete explained that in the first round she arrived at the voting place at 9am and only managed to vote at 12pm. Therefore, this time, she chose to arrive very early.
An hour before the gates opened, voters were already waiting in line at the Walfredo Gurgel State School, the largest polling place in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte.
Voting starts at 8am and continues until 5pm. Anyone who did not vote in the first round can vote in the second.
2nd round in RN: everything you need to know to vote this Sunday (25)
Anyone who did not vote in the first round can vote in the second. RN voters will vote for president and governor.
Abstentions and blank and invalid votes totaled 669,539 in the first round of the election for the government of Rio Grande do Norte, equivalent to 25.2% of the 2.6 million voters eligible to vote.
This means one in every four voters eligible to vote did not go to the polls or did not cast a valid vote for a presidential candidate. The data are from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
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Counting of votes for president and governor after closing at 5pm.
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