Elections in Rio Grande do Norte: voting begins with queues in Natal and Mossoró

What documents do you need to vote?

Voters only need an official document with a photo, but they must know which zone and polling station they are voting in; Information can be consulted online on the TSE website.

The largest voting location in Natal is the Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel State School, in Candelária, South Zone of the capital. The gates were opened at around 7:45 am, when voters were already queuing up at the site.

Natal is the largest electoral college in Rio Grande do Norte, with 570,517 voters and 224 voting locations. The capital alone concentrates around 21.4% of the state's entire electorate.

At Stella Wanderley State School, in Neópolis, voters arrived early and formed queues before the gates opened.

First voter in line at Colégio Diocesano Santa Luzia, in Mossoró, security guard Maxuel Arão, says that he likes to arrive early at all elections. "I like to arrive very early, which is good for me. Now I ask the entire population to vote consciously, for God's sake," he said.

An hour before voting began, voters were already waiting in front of Colégio Diocesano Santa Luzia, in Mossoró. This is the place with the largest number of voters in the city, there are 7,584 voters and 21 sections.