TRE-SP records replacement of 118 electronic voting machines during voting

According to the president of TRE-SP, judge Encinas Manfré, the number of substitutions is considered small and the occurrences did not cause any harm to the votes already registered by voters.

Of the 118 ballot boxes replaced, 27 were in the capital of São Paulo, equivalent to 0.093% of the city's 28,922 ballot boxes. Another 91 were exchanged in the interior, or 0.106% of the 85,683 ballot boxes used outside the capital.

Among the municipalities that had replacements are Campinas, with four ballot boxes; Guarulhos and Jundiaí, with three each; and Americana, Barretos, Franca, Iguape, Itupeva and Mauá, among other cities.

During the first press conference of the day, held at 11 am, Manfré also commented on the problems caused by the storm in Presidente Prudente, in the interior of São Paulo. A polling place had its roof hit by rain.

According to the president of TRE-SP, the situation has already been overcome and there will be no compromise in voting in the municipality.

Manfré also commented on reports of delays in voting and reinforced the guidance for voters to take a “slip” with the candidates’ numbers.

According to the president of the court, voters who arrive at the ballot box without remembering the candidates' numbers end up taking longer to complete their vote, which affects the flow of sections and can contribute to the formation of queues.

The recommendation is that voters write down the numbers of the candidates they intend to vote for in advance to speed up the process inside the booth.

This Sunday, TRE-SP also carried out authenticity tests on ballot boxes in ten polling stations in the state. The equipment was selected on Saturday (3), in a public ceremony, and underwent verification to confirm that the installed systems are the same as those that were opened, compiled, signed and sealed by the Electoral Court before the election.

In one of the checks, carried out at a municipal school in the North Zone of the capital, the ballot box loading statement, the result media and the signatures and digital summaries of the files were examined. According to TRE-SP, all checks occurred normally.

In addition to the authenticity tests, 33 ballot boxes undergo the Integrity Test this Sunday. The procedure takes place simultaneously with the official vote, in an environment monitored by cameras, and compares votes previously recorded on paper ballots with those typed in electronic voting machines.