Bahia has a thousand defective ballot boxes three days before the election.
The equipment will be used in at least 10 municipalities in the state; the coordinator of Support and Computerized Voting at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), André Cavalcante, states that the problem with the nearly one thousand ballot boxes among the 7.904 machines of the 2008 model lies in the motherboard battery, which causes a "freeze" in the internal clock; the problem, according to him, "is being resolved so as not to compromise the election."
Bahia 247 - The Regional Electoral Court of Bahia (TRE-BA) states that approximately one thousand electronic voting machines have been found to be defective as of Thursday, three days before the elections. Of the nearly 37,6 machines, one thousand require repairs on the eve of the election. The equipment will be used in at least 10 municipalities in the state.
In an interview with the newspaper A Tarde, the coordinator of Support and Computerized Voting at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), André Cavalcante, reported that the problem with the nearly one thousand ballot boxes among the 7.904 machines of the 2008 model was in the motherboard battery, which would cause a "freeze" in the internal clock.
The problem, according to him, "is being resolved so as not to compromise the election." Defects were identified in machines at polling stations in Salvador and the Metropolitan Region (RMS) – Candeias, São Francisco do Conde, São Sebastião do Passé, Camaçari, among other municipalities.