Elections 2024: MPT receives complaints of electoral harassment and voting takes place in Pernambuco
Quick Look
- MPT units in Pernambuco operate on duty to receive reports of electoral harassment.
- Voting day sees the movement of candidates, voters and inspections against irregular advertising on the streets of Recife and Fernando de Noronha.
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Why It Matters
The Public Ministry of Labor works to combat electoral harassment during the voting period. The TRE monitors irregular advertising and checks electronic voting machines.
The units of the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) operate this Sunday (4) to receive reports of electoral harassment. In Pernambuco, the shift will operate from 8am to 5pm at the Recife, Caruaru and Petrolina units. Anyone can anonymously report cases of electoral harassment to the MPT-PE, online
João Campos arrives to vote at the Professor Cândido Duarte Reference School, in Apipucos, in the North Zone of Recife, alongside the Senate candidates, Humberto Costa (PT) and Marília Arraes (PDT), and the vice candidate, Carlos Costa (Republicans)
Maria Aparecida de Lima, was the first to arrive in section 054 of Colégio Salesiano, the second largest electoral zone in Recife. "I brought [the cola], because old people forget a lot. [I want] to vote soon to go back home and take care of my grandchildren, Jorque Luiz and Guilherme."
Taxi driver Eduardo César Rodrigues de Lima was the first voter to vote for Fernando de Noronha. He arrived at the polling place on Saturday night (3), at 7pm, to secure his place
"I came from my house and I no longer saw [pamphlets and campaign materials on the street]. But we have an understanding with Emlurb to carry out an inspection of the entire city of Recife so that this doesn't happen", said the president of TRE, Fernando Serqueira.
Other records of "santinhos" in the Boa Viagem neighborhood, in the South Zone of Recife. The streets around Colégio Santa Maria were filled with candidate advertisements.
And the day dawned with streets full of saints. The photo above was taken on Avenida Cruz Cabugá, in Santo Amaro, in the center of the capital of Pernambuco.
Before voting begins, TRE technicians carry out the final tests on the electronic voting machines. In the photo above, you see an employee issuing the "zerésima", a report that proves that there are no pre-computed votes in the ballot box totalization system, at Colégio Salesiano, in Boa Vista, in the center of Recife. These reports are issued at each election session.
Open Questions
- What is the total number of complaints received by MPT-PE?
