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Voting in Brazil is compulsory. More and more evidence that pro Bolsanoro police are trying to prevent Lula supporters getting to the pollsTraffic jams reaching 30 km in regions of Sergipe, including entrances from Aracaju. They report that it takes 3 hours to cover a stretch that would normally take 20 minutes thanks to illegal traffic checks by the Federal Highway Police.Comment
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https://twitter.com/AndrewDFish/status/1586763501581860866?s=20&t=jacjz8PDAUoiwHp2h9bYGg
The head of the Federal highways police was appointed on the suggestion of Flavio BolsanaroComment
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The BBC not mentioning the scale of the intervention by the police, as reported by Globo, Guardian, Reuters etcOriginally posted by Nocturnal Submission View Post
. What a surprise...Comment
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Even with the more Bolsonaro-leaning areas largely reporting first, Lula is on 48% of the vote after 10% of returns, which suggests he'll ultimately win by a comfortable margin.Comment
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God I wonder what it would be like to have this level of optimismOriginally posted by Discordant Resonance View PostComment
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Well, DR's statement is consistent with how the vote progressed throughout the evening during the first round (with Lula only pulling away in the second half of vote counting). Sounds like realism to me.Originally posted by ad hoc View PostComment
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The bigger concern is whether the results will be respected.Comment
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Bolsonaro up 51. 23% to Lula's 48.77% with a quarter of the vote in, as per the Beeb.Comment
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You can follow the percentages here....
https://twitter.com/ElectionCenter_/status/1586829074692857856
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DR's official count link gives live results. The gap is now 0.62% with 49.72% of votes counted.Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View PostComment
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Lula now 0.2% ahead after 67.76% of votes countedLast edited by Kowalski; 30-10-2022, 21:49.Comment
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(I'm not carrying that on all night......)Comment
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El is Spanish and sorpasso is Italian I believe. I don't know how to say that in Portuguese but I'm sure it's not el sorpasso.Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View PostComment
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Up to 0.3% lead now.
Do these figures include the votes from outside the country, which we expect to break heavily for Lula?Comment
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68% of foreign votes have been counted.Comment
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Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View Post
Ta. A little less of a safety margin then.Comment
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With 87% of votes counted, the lead has grown to 1%, so probably 2-4% of a difference by the finish.Comment
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It's an indictment for democracy that this is still so bloody tight, but at least it looks like the coin is going to flip in the right direction.Comment
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