
Voting in Fortaleza had episodes of vandalism in an electronic ballot box and power outages in the electoral college
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Brazil is holding the second round of the 2026 presidential elections. Ceará has almost 7 million voters eligible to vote.
The mayor of Fortaleza, Evandro Leitão, voted this Sunday morning (25), around 10 am, in the capital of Ceará, accompanied by family members. The manager demonstrated confidence in the re-election of candidate Lula (PT).
"The population rejects any possibility of regression and is looking forward to four more years of the government that implements public policies for the most vulnerable, that truly invests in health and education. We are in a very positive moment, with the left resuming the symbols of patriotism and strengthening this great vote, going to the polls to re-elect President Lula", he declared.
Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, in the Jacarecanga neighborhood, in Fortaleza, recorded a power outage this Sunday morning (25), during the second round of the 2026 elections.
In a statement, Enel Distribuição Ceará reported that it sent a team to the site and, after technical inspection, identified an act of vandalism on the unit's energy meter. Technicians carried out the necessary repairs, and the supply was normalized.
The distributor also informed that it prepared a special operation for the second round of elections, with 608 teams mobilized throughout Ceará, monitoring the electrical system 24 hours a day and integrated action with the Regional Electoral Court of Ceará (TRE-CE).
A voter took a ballot box and threw it on the ground at the Adalberto Studart Filho School, in Planalto Ayrton Senna, in Fortaleza, this Sunday (25). The information was passed on by the Ceará Regional Electoral Court (TRE-CE).
"The perpetrator of the incident is in the custody of the police authority and the court of the 93rd ZE is already undergoing legal negotiations", said the TRE-CE. The body informed that votes already registered are preserved. The media was removed from the damaged urn and inserted into the new one.
Depredation of the electronic ballot box constitutes an electoral crime, which may result in imprisonment for two to six years and payment of a fine of 5 to 15 days (Art. 339 of the Electoral Code).
Nine voting locations were changed in Ceará for the second round of elections, which takes place this Sunday (25), to choose the President of the Republic. The number was updated by the Regional Electoral Court of Ceará (TRE-CE) at around 5pm this Saturday (24). The changes will take place in Fortaleza (Parque São José neighborhood), Aracati, Canindé, Jardim, Palmácia, Quixadá, Quixeramobim and Santana do Cariri. According to the TRE, changing the voting location between the first and second round is a one-off event and occurs for practical reasons, such as last-minute renovations, limitations on accessibility in public or private buildings and loss of minimum conditions for the supply of electricity that required the preventive transfer of damaged locations to neighboring, safer facilities.
Almost 7 million voters in Ceará are eligible to vote this Sunday (25), the second round of the election for President of the Republic in 2026. There are exactly 6,996,521 voters across the state who are eligible to vote in this second round of the 2026 Elections. This means 1,973 fewer people compared to the first round, when 6,998,494 were able to participate in the vote in Ceará.

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