Barroso says that detractors of the electronic voting machine have lost credibility in the elections

The president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), minister Luís Roberto Barrosostated, this Wednesday (9), that those who attacked the security of electronic voting machines lost credibility in this year’s elections.

Barroso’s statements were made at the opening of the Supreme Court session. The minister reinforced that the electronic voting system is fully auditable and an example for other countries.

“One thing that caught my attention was the loss of credibility of those who attacked the credibility of the ballot boxes. This was no longer a problem because (we had) international observers, the opening of the source code a year earlier, monitoring by all parties, by the Public Ministry, by the Federal Police. There is no way to defraud the Brazilian electoral system”, he stated.

Barroso also took the opportunity to praise the minister’s work Carmen Luciawho presides over the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and conducts this year’s election.

The minister thanked the support and said that the electoral system “is Brazil that works”.

After the first round of elections, held on the 6th, voters in 52 municipalities across the country will return to the polls on the 27th of this month for the second round. There will be 15 capitals and 37 cities, all with more than 200 thousand voters.

In these locations, none of the candidates for mayor reached more than half of the valid votes, excluding blank and invalid votes, in the first round.

(With Agência Brasil)