Also, there are enough impoverished Favela-dwellers who don't give a fuck about politics that their votes are easy to buy in exchange for a few hundred real. They don't even have the show up in order to "vote" for Lula.
Yeah, a lot of people sell their votes here, not sure what they pay for federal elections but in 2020 I was working in a small town and saw messages in a WhatsApp group saying that they paid around 150 BRL (around 28 USD) for votes for mayor.
Do they have mail-in ballots in Brazil?
Yes.
Fuck.
This is why my prediction is that Brazil is looking screwed and that filth Lula is favored.
In theory it is. But you can just not vote and pay a pathetic fine.
Most people go vote for the same reason they got COVID shots (herd mentality).
Also, there are enough impoverished Favela-dwellers who don't give a fuck about politics that their votes are easy to buy in exchange for a few hundred real. They don't even have the show up in order to "vote" for Lula.
Yeah, a lot of people sell their votes here, not sure what they pay for federal elections but in 2020 I was working in a small town and saw messages in a WhatsApp group saying that they paid around 150 BRL (around 28 USD) for votes for mayor.