Elections 2026: electronic ballot boxes are taken to voting locations in the Itapetininga region

The equipment, which had to be transported under police escort, will be used in Itapetininga, Alambari and Sarapuí (SP). Classes had to be suspended in schools that will serve as voting locations.

For Sunday, Civil Defense issued a heavy rain alert for cities in the region. In Itapetininga alone, 86 millimeters of rain are expected throughout the day.

Storms can cause the soil to become waterlogged and rivers and streams to rise, increasing the risk of flooding, floods, overflows and landslides. There is also the possibility of falling trees and interruptions in the electricity supply.

Therefore, the agency's guidance is that residents avoid flooded areas and do not cross flooded streets. Check out the full list:

In case of emergency, the population can contact the Fire Department, by calling 193, and the Civil Defense, by calling 199.

In total, more than 470 electronic voting machines will be used in the region. The equipment has already been used in the first round and remains sealed to guarantee the security of the electoral process.

The audit procedure, which is open to the public, works by calculating the candidates eligible to be chosen on Sunday, through a voting test. Then, employees analyze whether the votes cast in the ballot box were written down on paper.

One of the novelties of these elections in Itapetininga is the use of the JE-Connect system, which allows voting results to be transmitted directly from the polling places to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

"The TSE has been using this system for a few years, but it was implemented in Itapetininga in these elections. In the first round, everything went well. There are three distant locations, from where it is not necessary to take the media to the registry office to transmit the results, because the transmission is done directly from the polling place", he points out.

In the municipality, the majority of the electorate is made up of women, who represent 52% of the approximately 114 thousand residents eligible to vote.