Elections in Goiás end with queues, arrests and exit cases

Voting ended at 5pm this Sunday (4) in Goiás. In the final minutes, some voting locations registered queues. According to TRE-GO, voters who were already in line at closing time received tickets and were able to vote normally. More than 5 million voters were eligible to participate in elections in the state.

Still according to the president of TRE-GO, to date, throughout the state of Goiás, there have been two arrests: one for sexual harassment, in Carmo do Rio Verde, and another for contempt, in Campos Belos. In relation to electoral crimes, there were 23 Detailed Terms of Occurrence (TCOs), five of which were exit cases.

At least four people are taken to police stations on suspicion of exit polls. According to the Military Police, three were in Luziânia and one in Valparaíso de Goiás. In the case of Valparaíso, the suspect was caught delivering saints to a voter.

Colégio Agostiniano, the largest polling place in Goiânia, recorded long queues throughout this Sunday morning (4). There was a need to control access to the building until the queue decreased. Voters started arriving before 7am and, by 8am, the line was already around the block. Voting is slower because voters need to confirm six numbers.

After being closed for renovations in the last election, the traditional Colégio Lyceu de Goiânia returned to operating with 22 electoral stations and also houses an audit center for the Regional Electoral Court (TRE).

There, around 160 employees test the integrity of the ballot boxes through simulated votes throughout the day. The activity is broadcast live on the internet and monitored by auditors from the Federal Audit Court (TCU), who check the security of the process.