Elections: if you don't hand over your cell phone, you won't vote, says TSE

In the administrative session this Thursday (1), the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) unanimously approved the changes to the Resolution No. 23.669 which includes rules on handing over cell phones to poll workers on election day and the ban on Carrying a weapon at polling places.

According to report from the TSE itself, it is prohibited for any voter to “carry a cell phone, camera, camcorders and radio communication equipment or any instrument that canpromehave the secrecy of the vote, even if turned off” in the voting booths.

The devices will have to be turned off and handed over to the vote receiving table, along with an identity document presented. Anyone who refuses will not be allowed to vote.

Cell phones do not enter the voting room, says TSE

Many doubts have come to voters' minds for these elections, and one of them is the use of cell phones during voting. Who wanted to post a story inside the cabin, the Curto Be warned: the vote remains secret!

The chairman of the board will record, in the minutes, the details of what happened and will contact the police force to take the necessary measures, the report adds.

Jail for anyone armed at a polling place

The TSE also defined the punishment for anyone who fails to comply with the disarmament order in regions close to electoral zones: they will be arrested “in the act for illegal possession of a weapon, without prejudice to the corresponding electoral crime”.

TSE restricts carrying of weapons on election day

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) banned the carrying of weapons in polling places on October 2, the date of the first round of the presidential elections. The restriction applies to a radius of 100 meters from polling stations, from 48 hours before the vote, and up to 24 hours after it. The decision was announced this Tuesday (30).

“The armed force will remain 100 meters from the polling station, will not be able to approach the voting location and will not be able to enter without a court order or order from the president of the receiving table in the 48 hours preceding the election and in the 24 hours following it, except in penal establishments and adolescent detention units, respecting voting secrecy”, says the TSE.

Only members of the armed forces on duty may be armed near polling places.