Commentary
The second round of Brazil’s presidential elections was held this Sunday, Oct. 30. The former president, Lula da Silva, who has served prison time for corruption, won 50.9 percent of the vote, and the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, received 49.1 percent.
This is according to judges of the Electoral Superior Tribunal (TSE), Brazil’s top electoral authority.
Fair elections invariably involve paper-based voting or some paper trail that allows even electronic voters to have agency over the ballot count or to check their ballots themselves.
This is why most developed countries still use primarily paper ballots and physical ballot boxes made of canvas, plastic, and other non-electronic materials because it makes this easier….