Voters report queues of up to 4 hours to vote in São José dos Campos and region

Voters in section 117, at the João Cursino State School, in São José dos Campos, complain about a queue that lasts around four hours to vote. According to voters, delays occur every year.

The section is known as the “elderly section” and has 392 voters. According to a representative of the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), it is the only section of the school that has a longer delay in service. In total, the João Cursino State School has 4,011 voters.

According to the representative of the Electoral Court, the difficulty in passing the biometrics of the elderly would be the reason for the delay in the queue moving through this section.

🗳️ The queue to vote reaches 1:30 am at Anhanguera in Taubaté

Anhanguera on Av. Charles Schneider, the third largest voting point in Taubaté, recorded queues this Sunday afternoon (4). In most sections, the waiting time is no more than 30 minutes. In one of them, however, voters report waiting for more than an hour and a half.

🗳️ The queue to vote reaches 2:30 am at Univap do Urbanova

Voters face queues at Univap do Urbanova, in São José dos Campos, this Sunday afternoon (4). In one of the sections, the waiting time reaches around 2h30. After entering the polling station, voters still wait approximately five more minutes to sit down and vote.

In other sections, the waiting time in line is around 40 minutes.

Voters justify their vote in schools in São José dos Campos

Voters who were unable to vote this Sunday (4) justify their absence at schools in São José dos Campos. The procedure is necessary to regularize the electoral status of those who did not attend the vote.

🗳️ 85-year-old woman who had both legs amputated votes in a wheelchair in São José

Maria Lúcia Reginato voted for the first time in São José dos Campos this Sunday (4), at Escola Natural Vivência. After having both legs amputated, she made a point of going to the polls: “As long as I have a head, as long as I'm thinking, I make a point of coming to vote.”

🗳️ Queues reach 40 minutes in Bragança and 30 minutes in Atibaia

At Universidade São Francisco (USF), in Bragança Paulista, some sections experience waits of up to 40 minutes to vote. According to the head of the city's electoral registry, the average wait is 30 minutes in some places, but up to an hour in others. The USF is the largest electoral college in Bragança Paulista.

In Atibaia, voters report waiting around 30 minutes at Escola Aguiar Peçanha.

🗳️ Waiting time varies between 15 minutes and 1h30 at Univap in SJC

The waiting time to vote varies greatly between Univap sections, in Jardim Aquarius, in São José dos Campos. There are reports of queues of up to 1h30 in section 567, while others report an average wait of 30 minutes. Some voters reported waiting just 15 minutes.

🗳️ Voters wait up to 1h30 to vote in São José

Voters face between an hour and an hour and a half of waiting in line to vote at EMEF Áurea Cantinho Rodrigues, in São José dos Campos. Photos taken by g1 show the school corridors full of people waiting to vote. Despite the capacity, there were no reports of problems in the unit.

🗳️ Voter complains about waiting 1h20 to vote in SJC

Voters report long queues and delays in voting at EMEI Zenaide Araújo, in Parque Santos Dumont, in the central region of São José dos Campos. Renata said she arrived around 8:50 am and only managed to vote at 10:23 am.

"I spent an hour and twenty in line. I never stayed here for more than an hour in the last two elections. It was very absurd, because it didn't take me a minute to vote. It had to improve, because some sessions are empty and others are super full", he said.