The case took place in Pará, a pollster identified the fraud and reported the case to the police
In Ourilândia do Norte, Pará, voters sold their vote and went to the polls using “spy glasses,” with a built-in camera, to demonstrate their actions in the electronic ballot box to the politician in question. The case, as reported by Fantastic this Sunday, the 20th, involves the city councilor Edivaldo Borges Gomes, known as Irmão Edivaldo (MDB).
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According to the case study, a poll worker noticed that people entered his polling station wearing the same thick-rimmed glasses. Until another voter entered with the object to vote, keeping it in his pocket. The poll worker then approached her and called election tribunal officials, who discovered the camera attached to the frame.
The voter, a teenager, said a stranger He offered her R$200 to vote for Edivaldo and that she would only receive the money if she wore glassesso that the video demonstrates your vote.
Brother Edivaldo was arrested in the act. He was released after posting bail and could be charged with vote-buying and criminal conspiracy. Candidate canvassers, as well as voters who agreed to sell their votes, may also be responsible for electoral corruption. The penalty for selling or buying a vote can be up to 4 years in prison, as well as a fine.
According to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, between August 17 and October 6 in Brazil, 4,556 electoral crimes were committed, 765 vote-buyings were carried out and 576 people were arrested. Additionally, approximately R$22 million was seized in actions involving electoral corruption.
THE Fantastic He tried to contact the councilor, but received no response. The space remains open for demonstrations.
Source: Terra
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