Starting on August 18th, voters who wish to practice using the electronic voting machines before this year’s elections can use the voting simulator on the website of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). This tool has been in operation since 2014. Its objective is to help citizens feel more prepared when they arrive at poll sites, thus preventing delays in the process and mistakes when choosing candidates.

On the simulator, those who select the first round can simulate a vote in the order in which it takes place on October 2nd: congressman, state representative (or district deputy, for the Federal District), senator, governor, and president.

Those who simulate the run-off will practice voting for governor and president – positions for which a run-off is expected to occur. In 2022, if needed, the run-off will take place on October 30th.

All the candidates in the simulator are fictitious and are not related to the ones who are really running this year.

ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE FACTS

Check out what the Joca team learned during its visit to the TSE in Brasília (DF)*

• The lifespan of a voting machine varies between 10 and 12 years.
• Each voting machine costs, on average, 1,000 US dollars (just over 5,000 reais). For the 2022 elections, 577,000 machines will be used.
• Almost all the parts that make up an electronic ballot box are manufactured in Brazil. Only some of the components are imported from other countries.
• Between 1% and 2% of the ballot boxes malfunction during voting. If this happens, the faulty equipment is replaced with another one.

* Joca was invited by Redes Cordials to visit the TSE on August 4th to learn more about the electoral process in Brazil.

Questions

1) Which of these options is one of the goals of the voting simulator?

a) Stop the voter from making a mistake when voting

b) Know who the voter will vote for

c) Find out how many people will vote in 2022

d) Practice voting for the 2024 elections

2) Have you ever participated in any kind of voting or election, for example, at your school? What was your experience like?

Sources: G1, Tecmundo and TSE

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