Gilmar Mendes complains about 'unfounded accusations' against election results
Graduated in journalism from Universidade Nove de Julho and with a specialization in digital journalism from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing. With experience at Comunique-se (where he went from intern to editor-in-chief), SBT News, and the Canal Rural website. Currently, he is the assistant editor of the Revista Oeste website.
TL;DR
- Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes criticized 'unfounded accusations' against Brazil's election results.
- He defended the electronic voting system, stating it has ensured clean elections for 30 years.
- Mendes mentioned the three levels of auditing for electronic voting machines and the presence of international observers.
- His comments come amid challenges to the election results by a defeated candidate, referred to by Mendes as a 'defeated candidate'.
- Mendes had previously acknowledged 'marginal' vulnerabilities in the electronic voting system in 2018, such as the 'pianist poll worker' issue.