Power outages cause delays in voting in Santo Expedito, SP

To g1, Rivaldo do Nascimento Neves informed that he had been waiting to vote since the early afternoon and only managed to vote at around 6:50 pm. He votes at the Anibal Vitor Fava State School, in the central area of ​​the city and also said that when he left the place there were at least 50 people still in line.

“There are approximately 100 people in line, but it is very slow,” he reported. In the video recorded by the resident, other voters were also in the same situation. Watch above.

Electoral Zone 182 informed TV TEM that there was a power outage in the city, affecting polling stations. The electronic voting machines ran on batteries, with section 31 equipment having to have its battery changed.

In a note, the Regional Electoral Court of São Paulo (TRE-SP) informed, around 6:45 pm this Sunday (4) that voting in the municipality had already been completed, with no more voters voting.

Furthermore, the TRE said that there was no record of occurrences in the municipality that could have caused a delay in voting. The municipality of Santo Expedito has two polling places and polling stations.

However, after questioning from g1, TRE-SP reported at 7:14 pm that there were still people in the queue, given the power outages at the location.

The Regional Electoral Court also highlighted that the batteries in electronic voting machines would be sufficient to complete the vote. The scheduled completion time was not announced.