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Brazil’s election left hanging as judge extends vote after polls close, sparking chaos

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM · 1 min read
Brazil’s election left hanging as judge extends vote after polls close, sparking chaos — South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Business news
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A Supreme Court justice in Brazil ordered polls in the presidential run-off to stay open for two more hours on Sunday, minutes after voting had officially ended at 5pm Brasilia time (4am on Monday in Hong Kong). The order left election officials across China’s biggest trading partner in Latin America unsure whether to reopen polling stations or send their machines to be counted. Justice Cristiano Zanin, who was President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lawyer before joining the court in 2023, acted...

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