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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will seek audit of voting system
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 06, 2022 08:56am |
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| Category | Strategy |
| Author | MAURICIO SAVARESE |
| News Date | Friday, May 6, 2022 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that his political party will seek to audit the electronic voting system before the upcoming election amid concerns he is actively sowing distrust in its eventual results.
“As allowed by electoral law, we will hire a company to do the audit,” Bolsonaro said during a live broadcast on his social media channels. “People want transparent elections in which the vote is effectively counted for their candidate.”
The far-right leader, who trails leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in early polls, for months has questioned the reliability of the voting system though he has never provided any evidence. Critics and analysts have raised concern Bolsonaro is laying the groundwork to contest October election results should he lose. |
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