Until 8:40 am this Sunday, four ballot boxes in different cities in Minas Gerais needed to be replaced due to technical problems.
According to TRE-MG, the ballot boxes were located in Itabirito, in the Central region, Coronel Fabriciano, in Vale do Aço, Paracatu, in the Northwest of Minas Gerais and in Viçosa, in Zona da Mata.
The president of the TSE, minister Cármen Lúcia, arrived at Colégio Santo Agostinho, in the Center-South Region of Belo Horizonte, this Sunday morning (4), to vote in the first round of the 2026 elections. She was accompanied by the president of TRE-MG, Carlos Henrique Perpétuo Braga. According to the court's office, the two arrived in the same car at the polling place and walked together part of the way to the school entrance.
Voters in different parts of Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region are already at the polling stations.
At the João Correa Armond State School, in the Sevilha 2 neighborhood, in Ribeirão das Neves, the line wraps around the block.
At 7:20 am, TRE-MG authorities monitored the issuance of the zerésima in section 261 at the Pandiá Calógeras State School, in the Santo Agostinho neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte.
The bulletin confirms the absence of registered votes.
The summary will be posted outside the section, even before voting begins.
Colégio Estadual Central, in Belo Horizonte, dawned with notices about changes to voting stations.
Now, voters from sections 116, 117, 118, 119, 147,159,160, 263 and 273 vote in Unit 2 of the institution.
TRE-MG is sending messages via WhatsApp to inform voters about changes to voting locations.
If you haven't received it, check your e-title before voting.
For the first time, a big screen was installed in the TRE-MG press room so that journalists could follow, in real time, the release of election data. In previous disputes, updates were displayed on smaller monitors distributed throughout the auditorium.
Judge Auro Aparecido Andrade requested the opening of a police report after identifying little cards scattered at the entrance to the Pandiá Calógeras State School, in the Santo Agostinho neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte, this Sunday morning (4). The magistrate was on site to monitor the Integrity Test with Biometrics of electronic voting machines, an audit carried out by the Electoral Court. The three ballot boxes chosen for this procedure in Belo Horizonte are installed at the school.
Ballot boxes selected by TRE-MG are leaving the safe room and will be taken to the Padiá Calógeras school and the headquarters of the Regional Engineering and Architecture Council.
They will be subjected to integrity testing from 8 am to 5 pm.
In practice, this test compares manual voting with electronic voting to demonstrate the reliability of the voting system.
⚠️Attention voter! To vote this Sunday, it is mandatory to present an official document with a photo, such as ID, CNH, passport, work card or e-Título (Electoral Justice application) with a photo. Birth and marriage certificates are not accepted, and voters with regular registration can vote even without having performed biometrics. The voting order is: federal deputy, state deputy, senator (two seats), governor and president.
Good morning! At 4:30 am, a call was made to pass on information to the military police in the Prado neighborhood. At 5am, the ballot boxes began to be distributed.
