Federal Police are examining reports from the Belém metropolitan area, while the state electoral court listed 36 possible offences statewide.
Brazil’s Federal Police are investigating four incidents reported during voting on October 4 in municipalities around Belém, in Pará state. The cases involve allegations of using another person’s credential, campaigning near polling places and a possible breach of ballot secrecy. Investigations have not reached conclusions.
In Ananindeua, a person was taken to police after allegedly claiming to be a party poll watcher while using a credential in someone else’s name. The document was seized and police recorded an arrest in flagrante. In a separate case, a person found with campaign leaflets inside a polling section was taken in. Police said evidence was insufficient at that point to make an arrest, and the inquiry continues.
In Belém, a complaint of possible campaigning resulted in an incident report. In Marituba, police are examining a report that a voter may have used a mobile phone near the voting booth, potentially compromising ballot secrecy. All four cases remain under investigation.
The latest bulletin from the regional electoral court, TRE-PA, listed 36 possible electoral offences statewide, ten of which resulted in arrests. Reported categories included 21 cases of leaflet dumping, five of campaigning or voter solicitation, three of distributing campaign material, three of suspected electoral corruption or vote-buying, three in other categories and one disturbance.
The Pardal app had received 144 reports across Pará, including 82 in Belém and 12 in Ananindeua. The voter hotline recorded 2,382 calls, mostly from people seeking polling-place and section-number information.