The president of the Superior Electoral Court in Brazil stated there was no predicate for the decision to extend voting hours.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources show TSE president Kassio Nunes Marques said the extended voting hours had no impact on the results, but none records him saying there was no predicate or legal basis for the extension, which is what the claim asserts.
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… Ah, the margin is narrow. It shows the polling station stayed open longer in areas that strongly favor one candidate. Ladies and gentlemen, ah, there is no rule, no rule, that would allow for this. Here we go. Okay, uh, the president of the Superior Electoral Court in Brazil, uh, sounding the alarm, saying that the, uh, there's actually, there's absolutely no predicate for this decision, and Bolsonaro is saying it is impossible to recognize the election results. I haven't heard anything from the Trump administration. We hope that we hear something soon. …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Nunes Marques said the extension of voting hours did not affect the results and that 'there was no change derived from the judicial resolution.' This is a statement about impact on outcomes, not about whether a legal basis existed.[1][2]
Context. Nunes Marques told journalists 'we do, in fact, have transportation difficulties in some locations, which are already being resolved,' which sits uneasily with a claim that there was no basis for the extension, though it is not a direct contradiction.[3]
Context. No source quotes the TSE president saying there was 'no predicate' for the extension decision; that wording appears only in the claimant's own passage, which cannot corroborate it.
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated
- 1Juez dice que ampliación de horario de votación en Brasil no tuvo ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Court-ordered voting extension sparks election controversyvalorinternational.globo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Brazil extends voting hours after public transport issues - RTErte.ie · not rated · cited for: context
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