🚨 BREAKING: Brazilian electoral law experts say that tonight's presidential election COULD BE ANNULLED over the chaotic, LOPSIDED 2-hour voting extension ordered by Lula's former personal lawyer, Justice Cristiano Zanin — NYT
Because Zanin issued his order right at the 5PM closing bell, pro-Bolsonaro precincts that closed on time permanently locked their electronic voting machines...while unclosed precincts in regions like the Lula-heavy areas kept taking votes until 7PM 🤯
Electoral lawyer Priscilla Sodré Pereira told the NYT: "This is an extremely serious, critical situation."
Electoral law professor Fernando Neisser said that the election could be annulled if the margin is tight and the evidence shows "that polling stations stayed open longer in areas that strongly favor one candidate"
Even the New York Times is now admitting it.
BRAZIL IS AN OCCUPIED NATION and needs FAIR, FREE elections!
I bet Trump is watching closely! 🇺🇸🇧🇷
Que o golpe aconteceu, está claro.
Se der Lula, acho que a comunidade internacional não vai reconhecer a eleição dele.
Caminho EXATAMENTE igual ao do Maduro.
BREAKING: Brazil's election could be annulled, according to the New York Times.
Electoral lawyers say Brazil's current situation is "extremely serious" and a "critical situation."
The NYT reports that confusion over a last-minute voting extension by Justice Cristiano Zanin, who was appointed by Lula, could lead to the election being annulled.
"This is an extremely serious, critical situation," said electoral lawyer Priscilla Sodré Pereira to the New York Times.
When Zanin made the last-minute decision to extend voting hours, some polling stations had already closed and shut down their voting machines. They could not reopen.
"Fernando Neisser, an electoral law professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas, a Brazilian research institute, said the election could be annulled if the margin is very narrow and it is shown that polling stations stayed open longer in areas that strongly favor one candidate," the NYT reported.
Wow.