Elections in Juiz de Fora: queues at schools and voting extended after deadline

Report of many queues at several schools in Juiz de Fora. The closing of voting is scheduled for 5 pm, Brasília time. However, this does not mean that whoever is in line at 5pm will be left without voting.

If there are voters in line at the time of closing, poll workers must identify these people and provide a password. Voting continues until everyone who was in line at the deadline has voted.

Mayor Margarida Salomão voted in Juiz de Fora this Sunday morning (4). She reinforced the importance of the right to vote and recalled the country's redemocratization.

"The city, as always, votes in a democratic way, votes in a calm way, and this peace is a great guarantee that, at this moment, democracy is being practiced, is being respected. And I hope that democracy wins."

The movement is intense at Faculdade Universo, in Juiz de Fora. Nine sections that operated in other locations were transferred to the college: seven previously operated at Colégio de Aplicação João XXIII and two at Escola Estadual Maria das Dores.

The reason for the transfer is the closure of schools by the Civil Defense after the rains in February, in Juiz de Fora.

In the 2026 elections, voters do not need to vote for a candidate from the city where they live. The possibility depends on the position being contested: for some positions, it is possible to choose candidates from any city competing in the same state; for others, the vote can be given to candidates from any part of the country.