Logistics and rules for voting for pre-trial detainees and young people in detention in the DF
Prison and socio-educational units in the Federal District will have ballot boxes for voting in the first round, guaranteeing the rights of those without a final conviction.
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Provisional prisoners and young people in socio-educational measures aged 16 or over in the DF will vote in ballot boxes installed in specific units, with logistics that change routines and visits.
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Why It Matters
The Federal Constitution provides for the suspension of political rights only for those who have a final judicial conviction.
The participation of these voters requires specific logistics, which involves the Electoral Court and the Common Court – for example, the Criminal Execution Courts and the Execution of Socio-Educational Measures Courts of the DF.
The ballot boxes will be installed in units that receive provisional prisoners in the DF. They are:
There will also be voting stations in the youth detention units as a socio-educational measure. The voting hours in these spaces are the same as those valid for any voter: from 8 am to 5 pm.
The Federal Constitution provides for the suspension of political rights in its art. 15, item III – but the rule only applies to those who have a definitive judicial conviction (final judgment), and for as long as the conviction lasts.
➡️ In other words: anyone who is serving temporary or preventive detention, but is still awaiting trial, has their political rights preserved, including the right to vote.
All teenagers who undergo socio-educational measures in detention centers also have the right to vote – and of course, who are 16 years old or over.
This is because in Brazil socio-educational measures do not suspend the political rights of offenders.
The logistics for voting in the first round in the units involve organizing escorts, installing equipment and liaising with Electoral Court teams. Therefore, some routine activities will have their dates adjusted.
In the prison system, lawyers' services at the Provisional Detention Center (CDP) will be suspended on Sunday (4), with the exception of emergency cases.
The fortnightly departure from the Penitentiary Progression Center (CPP) and the Federal District Women's Penitentiary (PFDF) was brought forward to this Friday (2), with return on Saturday (3).
In the socio-educational system, there will be suspension of family visits, lawyer services, special trips, test trips, religious activities and educational activities on Sunday (4), except in urgent situations.
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Open Questions
- Which specific units will receive the ballot boxes in DF?
