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Elections in Ceará: candidates vote and movement marks voting day
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Elections in Ceará: candidates vote and movement marks voting day

Candidates for the government of Ceará vote in Caucaia and Fortaleza, while voters face queues and ask questions about documents.

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  • Candidate Elmano de Freitas voted in Caucaia, while candidate Vera Lúcia faced health problems.
  • Voters in Fortaleza and Sobral registered movement and queues, with guidance from the TSE on documents accepted for voting.

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Why It Matters

Voting day takes place throughout the state of Ceará to choose political representatives. The TSE establishes rules for identifying voters at polling places.

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The candidate for the government of Ceará Elmano de Freitas (PT) voted this Sunday (4) in the city of Caucaia, in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza (RMF). He arrived at the voting location around 9:30 am, accompanied by senator Camilo Santana, vice candidate Gabriella Aguiar, mayor of Fortaleza Evandro Leitão, Senate candidate Luizianne Lins (Rede), Senate candidate Cid Gomes (PSB), among other supporters.

After voting, Elmano spoke about the expectation of victory for President Lula's allies in Ceará. He also stated that combating organized crime, building new hospitals in the interior of the state and transforming all schools in Ceará into full-time and professional schools are some of the main demands in a possible re-election.

Vera Lúcia, candidate for governor of Ceará for Novo, felt a fever and went to the hospital just before voting. According to the candidate's team, she only felt mild symptoms, was treated and then went to the polling place.

The candidate should have gone to the voting place, at the Centro Pastoral Maria Mãe da Igreja, in the Center of Fortaleza, at 9 am, but after the symptoms, the candidate's team informed that her vote should take place at around 10:30 am.

Largest polling place in Fortaleza records queues at polling stations

Colégio Ari de Sá Cavalcante, located in the Edson Queiroz neighborhood, in Fortaleza, registered queues of voters at the polling stations this Sunday morning (4).

The school is the largest voting location in the capital of Ceará, with 12,343 voters registered to vote at the teaching unit.

Voter arrives at the polling place 2 and a half hours before the gates open

Doorman Ivanildo de Oliveira da Silva, 60 years old, arrived at Escola Paulo Aragão de Ensino Fundamental, in Bairro Cohab II, in Sobral, in the interior of Ceará, at 5:30 am, two and a half hours before voting began this Sunday (4), which takes place from 8 am to 5 pm.

According to Ivanildo, first in line at the city's largest electoral college, he went to the location in advance to avoid queues.

"By arriving early we avoid having to wait in a long queue, we leave early and when we finish we go home straight away", said Ivanildo Silva.

What other documents can I use to vote?

It is not mandatory to present your voter registration card. According to the TSE, voters can identify themselves with an official document with a photo.

Are accepted:

e-Título, as long as it has a photo.

Social identity.

Identity card (RG).

Passport.

Professional category card recognized by law.

Work card (cannot be digital).

Reservist certificate.

National driving license (CNH).

The document may be expired, as long as it is possible to prove the voter's identity. In the case of the e-Título, it can only be used for identification if it has a photo. Birth or marriage certificates are not accepted.

How to use e-Título

In addition to the printed voter registration card, voters can access their electoral data via e-Título. The issuance of the digital version of the document is suspended on voting day.

Therefore, it is important to access in advance. To use the application, you must be registered with the Electoral Court. Once enabled, the digital title can be accessed via cell phone, including on voting day.

How to find out your voter registration number

The voter registration number can be consulted on the back of the physical document or online, on the TSE portal. During the online consultation, you must provide the requested data, such as CPF, date of birth and name of the father or mother.

Good morning. g1 now begins full coverage of the entire day of voting and counting of votes in Ceará. In this link you will follow the main news of the day, the candidates' votes, complaints and arrests involving electoral crimes in addition to the counting of votes, in real time, in all municipalities in the state.

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