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Brazilian electoral legislation prohibits all forms of electoral propaganda on voting day, including exit polls and attempts to recruit voters, with penalties of imprisonment and fines.
According to the Military Police, during work, the poll worker demonstrated his political position towards a candidate, characterizing the practice of irregular electoral propaganda.
He was detained after voters called the city's PM team. A police report was registered.
According to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), any and all electoral propaganda or political demonstrations are prohibited, under penalty of committing an electoral crime. The law provides that trying to recruit voters and carrying out exit propaganda are crimes, with a penalty of 6 months to 1 year in detention, replaceable by the provision of services, in addition to a fine.
The Regional Electoral Court of Mato Grosso (TRE-MT) reported that 14 police incidents were registered until the beginning of this Sunday afternoon. Of this total, 13 are related to suspected exit polls in different cities in Mato Grosso. Another incident was recorded in Sinop, on suspicion of vote buying.

Candidates Arthur Henrique (PL), Soldado Sampaio (Republicans) and Rosi Aires (PSOL) voted in Boa Vista on Sunday (4) during the first round of the 2026 Elections. Clébio Genuíno (PCO) informed that he will no longer contest the election, although his name will remain in the TSE system. Each candidate voted in different locations, accompanied by family members, and made statements about their expectations and campaigns.

Voters in Piracicaba faced queues and crowded corridors at the Professor Antônio de Mello Cotrim State School during the counting of the 2026 elections, with data compiled by g1 Piracicaba from the TSE for local sampling in municipalities in the region.

During the first round of the 2026 Elections, voters reported having pressed the 'Confirm' button twice on the electronic voting machines. The Electoral Court explained that the one-second interval, existing since 2022, serves to allow the vote to be checked, leaving the green key temporarily inactive. The vote is not lost if pressed during this period, simply press the button again after the interval. The information that you need to wait for the phrase 'Confirm your vote' to avoid losing your vote is false.

In Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, voters waited more than two hours to vote at a school in the city, while TRE-RS is working with the possibility that some polling stations will go beyond 5pm this Sunday with voters still voting, according to the Secretary of Information Technology, Daniel Wobeto, who states that the longer waiting time was already predicted and that the queues are shorter than in 2018 due to the training of poll workers and voters.

Candidate Renan Hallais (Mission) voted this Sunday (4) at Colégio Márcia Cristina, in the Pina neighborhood, South Zone of Recife, accompanied by his family and supporters, without making public statements during the vote.

Voters reported difficulties accessing UFU's Santa Mônica campus, the largest electoral college in Uberlândia, due to a closed elevator. The place has 22,698 registered voters, according to TRE-MG. The UFU did not respond to g1's requests about the problem.