Electoral Court prepares electronic voting machines for the first round in São José dos Campos

This Saturday (3), the Electoral Court prepares 1,564 electronic voting machines that will be used in the four electoral zones of São José dos Campos, in the interior of São Paulo, during the first round of elections, this Sunday (4).

Electoral Justice employees and volunteers work to set up voting locations. Among the activities is the installation of voting booths, which need to be positioned to guarantee the secrecy of the vote.

According to Sarah Garcia, a judicial technician, ballot boxes cannot be located close to windows, mirrors or cameras.

"Today, Electoral Justice employees and some volunteers are preparing the voting sessions in schools. So the entire assembly of the voting booths is being carried out, in order to guarantee the secrecy of the vote, so the ballot box cannot be close to windows, mirrors, cameras."

Equipment cables are also organized to facilitate the movement of voters, especially the elderly, people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility.

“We are also taking care with the ballot box cables so that the mobility of people, elderly people with disabilities, with reduced mobility, is preserved.”

In addition to assembling the ballot boxes, the team checks the materials that will be used during voting, such as posters, voting books and lists of candidates.

"Checking the materials as a whole, the posters, the voting books, the list of candidates. So, all of this is being done so that tomorrow the full exercise of democracy is guaranteed to all citizens."