Paraná has the 5th largest electorate in Brazil, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
In total, according to information from the Regional Electoral Court of Paraná (TRE-PR), 30,174 ballot boxes are being used in this year's elections, in 27,333 polling stations. The sessions are distributed across 4,841 voting locations and 186 electoral zones, in the 399 municipalities of Paraná.
The largest electorates in the state are Curitiba (1,410,995 voters), Londrina (393,986 voters) and Maringá (301,817 voters). According to the TRE, around 143 thousand people work as poll workers and collaborators at polling places.
This year, to vote, you only need to bring an official document with a photo, and it is not mandatory to present your voter registration card on paper.
Anyone who wants to vote using the e-Título application can present the digital document, but it is necessary to have a photo. If not, the voter will also need to show an identification document with a photo.
Inside the voting booth, the use of cell phones or any type of equipment that could break the secrecy of the vote is prohibited.
The collective demonstration of voters, crowds, distribution of t-shirts or the disposal of leaflets on public roads, which characterizes exit polls, is not permitted.
Voters also cannot vote shirtless or wearing only swimwear.
Voters are allowed to take a “slip” of paper with the candidates’ numbers so they don’t forget.
Furthermore, voters can express themselves individually and silently, wearing t-shirts, flags, pins, emblems or stickers of parties or candidates.
According to the TRE, eleven voting locations will be changed for the 2nd round, in ten municipalities in the state. The change occurs due to "weather conditions", due to the storms that hit the state at the beginning of the month, including on the day of the 1st shift. At the time, some sessions even experienced a lack of electricity.
The agency's guidance is for voters to check the polling place before leaving home. The consultation can be carried out on the website of the Superior Electoral Court, via electoral self-service, on the e-Título application, via Dial-Eleitor or via WhatsApp from TRE-PR: (41) 3330-8500.
The changes already made on the day of the 1st shift should be maintained, according to TRE.
Cornélio Procópio: voters from Electoral Sections 22 and 23, originally allocated to the municipality's Sports Foundation, will now vote at the Angelo Mazzarotto Municipal School (Rua Portugal, 240 - Centro); Voters from Electoral Sections 15, 16, 17 and 114, also originally located at the Sports Foundation, must vote at Colégio Estadual Zulmira Marchesi Silva (Rua Portugal, 240 - Centro).
Inácio Martins: Electoral Section nº 182, located at Escola Rural Municipal D. Pedro I - Gavazzoni -, was transferred to the pavilion of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Church (Rural Locality of Cachoeira do Gavazzoni); Section No. 211 moved from the Vila Borges Mental Health Unit to the Silvino Pasqualin Events Center (Rua Barão de Capanema, s/n, Parque Municipal Paulo Dallegrave, Centro).
Santo Antônio do Sudoeste: Section 34, originally located in the KM 5 Community Center, was transferred to Colégio Estadual D. Pedro II (District of Martinópolis, Rural Zone).
Paranacity: Sections 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56 and 57 will move from Escola Estadual Santos Dumont to APAE (Rua Mário Xavier de Souza, 1810, Centro).
Honório Serpa: Sections 133 and 137, located in Comunidade Capanema I - Community Center - will be located at Escola Municipal Professora Maria Francisca dos Santos (Rua José Alves de Mello, 270, Bairro Ito Scheibe).
Santo Inácio: Sections 61, 62 and 63, originally allocated to Colégio Estadual Dom Pedro I, will be located at Escola Municipal Omar de Oliveira (Rua Arnor Marques Pinheiro, 791, Centro).
Manoel Ribas: Section 148, previously located in the Bom Jesus Church Community Hall, will be located at the Cristo Rei State School (Rua Principal, s/n, Locality of Barra Azul, Rural Zone).
Barracão: the 3.2 thousand voters who voted at Escola Professora Leonor Castellano, in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 74, 117, 129 and 131, were transferred to the Community Center of the Catholic Church.
Guaratuba: Voters from Section 27, located at the Pedra Branca do Araraquara Health Center (Sítio Pedra Branca, s/n), will vote in the Parish Hall of the Catholic Church, in front of the old location.
Curitiba: voters from Sections 190, 234, 254, 280, 295, 324, 349, 370, 398 and 421, previously allocated to the Escola Municipal Professor Dario Persiano de Castro Vellozo (on Rua Desembargador Cid Campelo, n° 4630), will now vote at the Hugo Peretti Early Childhood Education Center (on Rua Arthur Martins Franco, no. 505).
The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) issued danger alerts due to the forecast of storms throughout Paraná this Sunday (25), from the mildest, the yellow alert, to the most extreme, the orange alert.
In total, 326 cities in the state are on orange alert, from dawn until midnight. According to Inmet, the forecast is for rain exceeding 60mm/h, or more than 100mm/day, with winds above 100km/h and hail.
There is a great risk of damage to properties, electricity cuts, damage to plantations, falling trees, flooding and disruption to urban mobility, mainly in the North, Northwest, West, Campos Gerais, central and coastal regions.
TRE-PR, Simepar, Civil Defense, the Fire Department and State security forces map risk areas and monitor the need for new interventions in cases of damage caused by natural disasters.
TRE reported that 6,314 voters registered to vote in transit in Paraná. Voting in transit is the temporary transfer of a voting location to a municipality with more than 100,000 voters, if the voter already knows that, on election day, they will be traveling.
For those who have not registered to vote in transit and need to justify their absence, in addition to the voting locations, Paraná has justification collection points at Afonso Pena airport, in São José dos Pinhais, and at the Curitiba train station, from 8am to 5pm, and at the Curitiba bus station, from 10am to 5pm.
Another option is to justify it online, using the e-Título application, from 8am to 5pm on the day of the election, without the need to attach documents proving the absence.
In Paraná, 206 municipalities informed TRE that they will provide free public transport this Sunday. The measure is guidance from the body to ensure that voters have their right to vote guaranteed.
The implementation of the resolution is the responsibility of city halls, which can decide the free time and whether to offer more lines than those scheduled for Sundays.
Paraná does not apply Dry Law on election day. Therefore, there is no special prohibition on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by the Regional Electoral Court.
The State Secretariat for Public Security carries out an operation throughout Paraná to ensure the smooth running of the election. The action involves the Paraná Military Police (PMPR), the Civil Police (PCPR), the Criminal Police (PPPR), the Scientific Police (PCIPR) and the Paraná Military Fire Department (CBMPR).
The Military Police puts 100% of its personnel on the streets, with teams prepared to deal with incidents related to electoral crimes, including situations of irregular or illegal propaganda, in coordination with the Electoral Court.
Furthermore, the Civil Police maintains all districts and police stations open full-time, with 100% of staff committed to dealing with incidents within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Police and electoral crimes.
TRE-PR provides the population with the Voter Hotline, which is open on call this Sunday to clarify doubts about the elections, by telephone: 0800 640 840. Service is provided from 7am to 6pm.
