🇧🇷‼️🚨 WILD ELECTION - LULA WINS AFTER EXTENDING THE VOTING BY TWO HOURS Left wing Lula wins in last minute against Bolsonaro, after extending the voting hours! Bolsonaro wants the election annulled. Details: - Lula’s campaign asked the Supreme Court to extend the voting hours. - Their reason was public-transport failures on election day, which they said kept voters from reaching polling stations before the 5:00 PM close. - They first asked only for three cities in Bahia, at 3:45 PM Brasília time. At 4:29 PM they widened the request to the whole country. - Lula's camp wanted more time because turnout among voters who rely on buses and trains could decide a race this close. - Polls were due to close at 5:00 PM on October 25. - At 5:01 PM, Supreme Court justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting until 7:00 PM nationwide. - At about 6:16 PM he clarified that the extension only applied to polling stations that were still open. Votes from stations that had already closed still counted. - The release of results was paused until after 7:00 PM. - Flávio's campaign had separately asked for extensions in some cities in five states because of heavy rain. -> Flávio Bolsonaro wants the election annulled, arguing the nationwide extension ordered by Zanin was improper. - His case is that it changed the rules after polls were meant to close, at the request of Lula's campaign. - Bolsonaro had not accepted his loss and fights. Next: - The president of the electoral court has recognized Lula's win. - Folha expects the court to uphold the result. - Lula's margin was about 4.4 million votes. - Bolsonaro tries to get the election annulled. Looks like left wing Lula will be the next president with a right wing notion that the election was stolen. This will fuel more conflicts and controversy.