PT councilor questions Nunes over online election of participatory councils

Elected councilor and federal deputy Luna Zarattini (PT) demands explanations from the Ricardo Nunes (MDB) administration regarding the rules for the election of Municipal Participatory Councils, scheduled for November 11th to 14th.

For the first time, voting will be exclusively online, and voters need a silver or gold level GOV.BR account to participate. Pre-registration begins this Friday (6).

Luna filed a request for preventive analysis with the state Public Ministry before voting began.

The councils are bodies representing civil society with local authorities, in this case the 32 sub-prefectures of the capital.

The parliamentarian says that the requirement could exclude citizens who cannot reach the level of authentication, including immigrants with regular documentation, and asks for an in-person alternative. It also wants the city hall to demonstrate, before the vote, how the secrecy of the vote will be guaranteed and whether the platform's source code will be open to independent inspection and audit.

When contacted by the Panel, the city hall says that authentication by GOV.BR does not compromise the privacy of participants or the secrecy of votes. The management states that, in addition to the online model, there will be 32 in-person voting points.

"The platform does not store passwords from GOV.BR, a federal platform, nor does it link name or CPF to the registered vote", says the Nunes management.