Procedure involves sealing 600 electronic voting machines; 2nd round takes place next Sunday (27)

The Regional Electoral Court of Bahia (TRE-BA) carries out, between the 21st and 23rd of October, the preparatory procedures for the electronic voting machines that will be used in the second round of the 2024 Municipal Elections, in Camaçari. In total, 600 ballot boxes will be available for use in the election, which takes place on October 27th (Sunday). Of these, 60 will be used as contingency ballot boxes (reserves).

Electoral Zones 170th and 171st, located in Camaçari, will carry out, on October 21st, the generation of media that will be used in the second round of the municipal election. The ceremony will take place at the headquarters of the respective electoral zones, at the Forum Clemente Mariani, located at Avenida do Contorno, s/nº, Centro Administrativo de Camaçari.

The generation of media involves making available, on pen drive-type devices, data from voting and operational systems, the list of voters by polling station, in addition to the list of candidates and their photos. In addition, result media are prepared, which serve to store the votes recorded in the electronic voting machines. After generation, the media is kept in reserve until the ballot box loading and sealing ceremony, on October 22nd and 23rd.

The procedure may be accompanied by representatives of the Public Ministry, the Brazilian Bar Association and political parties, party federations and coalitions, as well as society in general. At the 170th ZE registry office, the ceremony will take place at 9 am, while at the 171st ZE registry office it will take place at 8:30 am, both on Monday (21).

The procedure for loading and sealing the electronic ballot boxes with the generated media will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of October, at the Ballot Box Center, located at the Camaçari Electoral Forum, also on Avenida Contorno, s/nº. The 171st Electoral Zone will be the first to carry it out, on Tuesday, 22nd, at 8:30 am. On Wednesday, the 23rd, it will be the 170th Electoral Zone to carry out the same procedure, starting at 9am.

The ceremony is also open to the public, with the possibility of being accompanied by the same institutions invited to participate in the media generation. Those present must sign the seals, monitor and audit the procedures and check the data contained in the ballot boxes.

Of the four cities in Bahia with more than 200 thousand voters, Camaçari is the only one where the 2nd round will take place. The first poll of voting intentions for mayor points to an advantage for candidate Flávio Matos (União Brasil) against Luiz Caetano (PT). According to a survey carried out by the P&A institute, released on the 15th, Flávio appears with 50.8% and Caetano, with 49.2%, taking into account the intentions of valid votes.

In the simulated scenario, Flávio appears with 44.7% of voting intentions against 43.3% for Caetano. . In the spontaneous scenario, the União Brasil candidate scores with 43.5% of voting intentions against 42.2% for the former PT mayor. Caetano leads the rejection, with 42.2%, while Flávio has 39.8%.

The P&A institute predicted the second round in Camaçari by pointing out a scenario of a technical tie on the eve of the election on October 6, a scenario that ended up being confirmed at the polls.