TRE-MS publishes partial bulletin of incidents in the 2026 Elections with 75 problems in electronic voting machines

The Regional Electoral Court of Mato Grosso do Sul (TRE-MS) released a partial report of events in the 2026 Elections in the state at 2 pm. According to the information, at this time, 75 incidents with electronic voting machines had been recorded in Mato Grosso do Sul.

The most common problems were battery levels, technical failures, keyboard failures, power outages and printing problems. In total, 26 of the state's 79 municipalities recorded incidents:

Clear Water Bataguassu Bodoquena Camapuã Campo Grande Cassilândia Corumba Costa Rica Cushion Deodapolis Golden Figueirão Glory of Dourados Lopes da Laguna Guide Ivinhema Jaraguari Jateí Ladario Laguna Carapã Miranda Naviraí Nioaque New Southern Horizon Ponta Porã Rio Verde de Mato Grosso São Gabriel do Oeste

A voter had to be carried in a plastic chair to vote in Corumbá. Two men and a military police officer carried the woman. The case took place in sections 155 and 156, of the 7th electoral zone. There is no confirmation on the availability of wheelchairs on site. g1 contacted the Regional Electoral Court (TRE-MS), but has not yet received a response.

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Even at 102 years old, Zita Ishikawa Barbosa made a point of exercising her right as a citizen and voting in the 1st round of the 2026 Elections, in Campo Grande. The centenarian voter was accompanied by her grandson, student Rafael Barbosa Nery de Freitas, aged 20, to the Lúcia Martins Coelho Municipal School.

"I thought that with this weather they weren't going to take me. But no, the weather improved and I came. [...] It's an obligation that I think I have."

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Even in the rain and facing accessibility difficulties, the elderly couple Luzia Portilho Flávio, aged 78, and her husband Jair Pereira Flávio, aged 79, made a point of going to the polls this Sunday to vote at Escola Municipal Professora Mareide Monteiro de Lima, in Ribas do Rio Pardo.

A wheelchair user for three years, Ms. Luzia highlighted that voting is a duty of all citizens to guarantee rulers committed to the people, while retired Jair expressed emotion when emphasizing that exercising citizenship is a "sacred duty" and an honor as a Brazilian.

The Electoral Court registered 25 incidents involving electronic voting machines in Mato Grosso do Sul between 8am and 11am this Sunday (4). The records were in different regions of the state.

Among the problems highlighted are critical level, touch of the poll worker's terminal, spontaneous shutdown, electrical power, terminal display, jam and error. Recorded solutions include resetting or replacing the urn, changing the outlet, adjusting or changing the bobbin paper, and using an internal battery or external battery connection.

Ten electronic voting machines failed this Sunday morning (4) in municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul, according to a report by the Electoral Court. Most issues were resolved on-site with equipment resets, battery changes, or media adjustments.

Only one ballot box needed to be replaced, in the city of Costa Rica. The cases occurred in Campo Grande, Dourados, Costa Rica, Cassilândia, Naviraí, Miranda and Bodoquena.

The heavy rain that hits Campo Grande on the morning of this election Sunday (4) causes fluctuations in the electricity supply in voting locations in the Capital. At Rachid Saldanha Derzi Municipal School, located in Jardim Noroeste, the power is fluctuating and many voters are voting in the dark.

Voter Jaqueline Bortolotto, who is waiting in line to vote at the location, reports that the energy service remains unstable, with constant power outages.

"Power goes out and comes back on. I'm in line and it's gone three times... And rain..."