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Military confirms ‘parallel check’ of voting machines
A source within the Defense Ministry confirmed to Brasília correspondent Cedê Silva that military officers will carry out checks of vote machine printouts as a way to unofficially audit the voting system. “Unofficial,” because the Army has absolutely no constitutional mandate to inspect and oversee the electoral system.
Context. These printouts have existed for years as a feature proving the reliability of the system. It issues a QR code with which anyone can compare data from voting machines with the official counts of electoral authorities.
- A week ago, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo wrote that the Superior Electoral Court had agreed to grant the military privileged access to real-time data of the vote count on Election Day. Both sides denied the report.
- Still, the Defense Ministry will carry out its plan...