RIBEIRÃO PRETO - The process of counting and totaling votes in the city continues in progress at the electoral registry. Guilherme Marconi, responsible for the 305th Electoral Zone, gave a positive assessment of voting day in the municipality.
Electoral zone 305 was the first to send media to the registry office to count the votes. The operation of the equipment in this jurisdiction occurred without failure, according to the judge.
There is still no set time for the completion of all work in the municipality, but the team's expectation is that completion will be quick. The calculation flow follows a standard procedure. "The media arrives and we do the totalization and forward this data to the TRE, which replicates this data to the Superior Electoral Court", explained Marconi.
The first media from the electronic voting machines used in this Sunday's elections (4) have already started to arrive at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE) of Franca. The devices store voting data and are sent to the location to begin vote counting procedures.
So far, there is no forecast of when the investigation will be completed in the city.
RIBEIRÃO PRETO – The first electronic voting machines used in the elections this Sunday (4) have already started to arrive at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE) of Ribeirão Preto. The devices store voting data and are sent to the location to begin vote counting procedures.
So far, there is no forecast of when the investigation will be completed in the city.
ARAMINA- Two men were arrested red-handed this Sunday (4), the day of the first round of elections, in Aramina (SP), suspected of buying votes, exiting the polls and criminal association, according to a police report. They were approached on the corner of Rua Abraão Jorge and Rua Padre Abel.
According to the bulletin, the team was called after a complaint that three women and two men were buying votes and polling near the Hotel Primavera. With one of the men, R$1,782 in cash were found and, in his vehicle, hundreds of saints belonging to a candidate. With the other, there were dozens of stickers from another candidate and, in the vehicle, more saints of hers.
Nothing was found with the women. According to the bulletin, they said that the men approached them, asked for votes for their candidates and asked them to also ask for votes.
Max Fischer Boca, 18 years old, who uses a wheelchair, voted this Sunday (4) at Unip, in Ribeirão Preto, and cited accessibility when talking about the importance of voting. “Politicians, they affect our lives a lot on a daily basis,” he said.
According to him, depending on who is elected, a year could go by without any accessibility laws being approved, or three being approved in the same year. Max said that it is difficult to find politicians who take the issue seriously and that, therefore, it is important that everyone votes, so that agendas that are often forgotten have weight.
He said that voting was peaceful. He went up the ramps with his mother and said that the non-slip tapes made the descent easier. When he needed to go up alone, a coordinator from the Electoral Court helped him right away, according to Max.
STORM - After the heavy rain that hit the Ribeirão Preto region (SP) on Saturday afternoon (4), CPFL Paulista reported that it recorded occasional damage to the electrical grid in some cities and immediately activated an operational contingency plan. In a statement, the company informed that all technical teams were mobilized and are in the field, working around the clock to restore energy supply and working in conjunction with the Regional Electoral Court (TRE-SP), Civil Defense and local authorities, prioritizing points that serve voting locations and essential services.
Two ballot boxes in the 46th Electoral Zone of Franca (SP) needed to be replaced this Sunday (4), according to the head of the registry office, Marcelo Queiroz. One of the exchanges was at the Vanda Badaró school, and the other, in Itirapuã (SP). According to him, the sections are now functioning normally.
Queiroz stated that voting machines at the Frei Germano school and two or three other schools did not work correctly when turned on. In these cases, the registry office instructed poll workers to turn off the equipment, wait and turn it on again, and voting continued. "These are problems that can be overcome and do not prevent the election from continuing," he said.
According to him, no official exit complaint reached the registry office at the time of the interview. There are queues at some schools, which Queiroz considers normal with six votes in the ballot box. He said he expected abstention to be lower than in the last elections.
RIBEIRÃO PRETO - Located in the central region of the city, Colégio Marista, the largest polling place in Ribeirão Preto, recorded low voter movement during this Sunday afternoon (4). The bad weather may have contributed to the scenario, with voting rooms without lines and practically empty corridors. In total, 7,823 voters are expected at the location by the end of the day.
Colégio Marista recorded at least 400 votes in transit, which is those destined for voters who will be outside the municipality where they are registered on election day.
Lawyer Márcia Munita, 59 years old, voted this Sunday (4) at the Torquato Caleiro State School (EETC) and defended participation in the elections as a way of strengthening democracy. "We are at a very delicate moment, we need to strengthen our democracy", he stated.
According to her, anyone who doesn't go to the polls loses the right, and perhaps even the possibility, to complain. Márcia described voting as a civic and moral duty and, "more than anything, pleasurable".
When choosing candidates, she said she took regionalism into account. As a deputy, he looks for names from the region and aligned with his political ideology, "because we need them to be able to represent ourselves." In the case of senators, he stated that the majority do not have much ties to the state, but that they are committed to representing it.
POWER OUTAGES - The Electoral Zone of São Joaquim da Barra (SP) recorded power outages in three schools in the city and one school in Ipuã (SP), but reported that the problems were not caused by the rain. In São Joaquim da Barra, the cases were registered at EE Cleso Antônio Filetti and at Escola Estadual Jair de Andrade.
In Ipuã (SP), at EMEB Professor Monir Neder. According to the Electoral Registry, voting did not need to be interrupted.
In Ribeirão Preto (SP), the Thomaz Alberto Whately State School was without power for 40 minutes. The situation has now returned to normal and voting has not been interrupted.
A voter in Franca (SP) refused to leave the voting room and had to be restrained and handcuffed by the Military Police.
The case happened on Sunday afternoon (4), at the Professor Antônio Fachada State School, in the Jardim Leporace neighborhood.
The woman was detained by military police and taken to the Judiciary Police Center (CPJ). The suspicion, not yet confirmed by the Civil Police, is that she had the wrong number of a candidate when voting.
FRANCA - Voting at the Coronel Francisco Martins State School, in the Central region, went smoothly this Sunday (4), with a greater flow of voters in the morning and at lunch time. There were no incidents or queues at the location.
Retired teacher Antônia Borges, 78 years old, insisted on going to the polls, despite voting not being mandatory for her age group.
“I want the best for my country, so, even without it being mandatory, I made a point of coming,” he said.
