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The 2024 municipal elections are underway this Sunday (4), with voting open from 8 am across the national territory. Technical problems in electronic voting machines are common occurrences during elections, requiring replacements by the Electoral Court to ensure the continuity of the process.
Electronic ballot box — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo
At least 16 ballot boxes needed to be replaced due to technical problems in São Carlos and 7 cities in the region by 1 pm this Sunday (4), according to information from electoral offices. The data is preliminary.
See the cities with exchanged ballot boxes in the region:
Américo Brasiliense - 2 ballot boxes exchanged
EMEF João Batista
E.E. Prof. Alzira Dias from Toledo Pizza
Macaws - 3 urns exchanged
E.M.E.F. Professor Adalgisa Perim Balestro Franzini — 2 replacements. One of them occurred due to the ballot box jamming, in section 123.
Anglo Alante School — ballot box replacement.
Conchal - 1 urn exchanged
E.E. Sebastião Gomes — ballot box replacement.
Rudder - 1 urn exchanged
Coronel Augusto César Municipal School — ballot box replacement.
Matão - 1 urn exchanged
E.E. Prof. Aderval da Silva — ballot box replacement; the ballot box time was wrong.
Mococa exchanged ballot boxes
E.E. Baron of Monte Santo — replacement of urn, section 15.
EMEB Prof. José Barreto Coelho — two replacements, in sections 8 and 114.
Rio Claro - 1 ballot box exchanged
E.E. Prof. Odilon Corrêa — ballot box replacement.
São Carlos - 4 ballot boxes exchanged
E.E. Colonel Paulino Carlos — ballot box replacement.
E.E. Prof. Arlindo Bittencourt — ballot box replacement.
E.E. Prof. Gabriel Felix do Amaral — ballot box replacement.
Conde do Pinhal School — ballot box replacement, section 195.
Voters wait to vote at the Álvaro Guião State School, in São Carlos, this Sunday (4) — Photo: Larissa Augustinho/g1
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