With the close of voting, the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) reinforced that reports of possible cases of electoral harassment continue to be investigated.
Workers can continue to forward complaints to the MPT. They can be sent through the following channels: WhatsApp (86) 99544-7488, website or in person at MPT units in Teresina, Picos and Bom Jesus.
Security forces recorded 75 incidents until the start of a press conference held this Sunday (4). According to Piauí's security secretary, only eight cases were proven, while more than 67 were not effectively proven.
Four of the proven incidents resulted in arrests being made in the act for buying votes, casting a ballot box or illegally transporting passengers. Another three were transformed into Detailed Terms of Occurrence (TCOs) and one was just for clarification.
According to the Military Police, in some cases, the teams went to the locations to investigate the information, but found that it was just false information, with no proof of the materiality of the complaint.
In Barro Duro, in the south of Piauí, a driver was arrested red-handed this Sunday afternoon (4), after being caught illegally transporting voters near the Noêmia do Carmo Santana School Unit. With him, R$3,150 in cash were seized, as well as candidate stickers and saints. The case was disclosed in the TRE-PI report.
The defense of councilor Valdemir Virgino (PRD) stated this Sunday (4) that the approximately R$47,000 seized by the Federal Police in Teresina would be used to pay campaign activists, and not to buy votes.
Valdemir was arrested red-handed on Saturday (3) during an operation investigating suspected electoral corruption. According to the councilor's lawyer, 16 of the 18 detainees were released after paying bail.
The investigation began after a report of alleged vote buying at a clinic linked to the councilor's wife. The Federal Police seized money, envelopes with notes and campaign material at the scene. Read more in the report.
At 100 years old, Maria do Carmo insisted on participating in the first round of the 2026 Elections this Sunday (4), in Teresina. Inspired by a report about the participation of elderly people in the election, she asked her family to go to the polls, voted in the early hours of the morning and summed up the experience in one sentence: "It's all good." Read the full report.
TRE-PI's tool for monitoring queues at polling stations recorded 196,144 consultations until the early afternoon of this Sunday (4). Available from 9am to 3pm, the system shows, in real time, the busiest and least busy sections in the state. See more in the report.
Search and seizure warrants were carried out by the Federal Police, this Sunday (4), at addresses linked to Teresina councilor and candidate for state deputy Draga Alana (PSD). g1 tries to locate the parliamentarian's defense. The warrants were served at the house and at a farm in Draga Alana, and also at a property belonging to his mother.
At around 10:30 am, the parliamentarian was approached by agents on Avenida João XXIII, in the East Zone of Teresina. The reason for the investigation was not disclosed until the last update of this report, because the case is confidential. TV Clube found that the Federal Police are investigating reports of alleged electoral crimes.
In summary, TRE-PI also announced that, by 11 am, 12 ballot boxes needed to be replaced in the cities of Altos, Coivara, Fronteiras, Pau D’Arco do Piauí, Piracuruca, Teresina and Valença do Piauí.
According to TRE-PI, the equipment presented occasional hardware defects, touch screen failures, problems with the biometric reader terminal and battery intermittency.
