2024 elections in Santa Catarina: energy problems, queues and 103-year-old woman votes

According to the TRE-SC bulletin released at 3pm, at least 128 voting locations were without electricity at some point. The situation did not impact the progress of the election, as the electronic voting machines have a battery with sufficient autonomy for the entire period.

A group of 101 cyclists from Projeto Pedal Cidadão left the headquarters of the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), in Florianópolis, to collect voting media in 50 locations in the central and continental regions of the city. On the back of each cyclist's identification plate, there is information about the destination polling station and the name of the delegate responsible for delivering the devices. Collection starts at 5pm, right after voting closes

With two hours left until voting ends, the Santa Catarina Military Police (PMSC) has already recorded 122 incidents related to the electoral process across the state.

Among the records, incidents related to the dissemination of electoral propaganda, exit polls and voter recruitment, irregular electoral propaganda and situations involving campaign material on public roads stand out.

Even without the legal obligation to vote, Maria Evangelina da Silva Jardim, 103 years old, made a point of going to the polls this Sunday morning (4) in Florianópolis. In a wheelchair and accompanied by her daughter, she justified the effort: 'I like voting', she said in an interview with NSC TV.

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Won't you be able to go to the polls in the 2026 elections? You can justify your absence without leaving home.

Anyone who is outside their electoral home and prefers in-person service, however, will have specific points to justify their absence in Florianópolis. According to the Regional Electoral Court of Santa Catarina (TRE-SC), the service locations are:

Floripa Shopping

Spring Tour

Sapiens Tour

Shopping Beira-Mar

Bus station

If you choose this format, you must fill out the Electoral Justification Request (RJE) form and deliver it to the table receiving votes or justifications.

Polling stations register queues in several cities

With more than half of the voting time exceeded, there are many reports of queues and waiting at polling stations, with waits exceeding 40 minutes for voting. One of the reasons is the six votes to be given in the vote.

Décio Lima (PT) votes in Blumenau

The candidate voted in Blumenau, the largest city in the Itajaí Valley.

Décio Lima arrived to vote for Senac, in the Ponta Aguda neighborhood, in Blumenau. He was accompanied by his wife and candidate for federal deputy, Ana Paula Lima. On the way he greeted supporters and after the vote he spoke to the press.