Brazil Invites European Union To Observe Election

Reuters reports:

Brazil’s top election authority, the Supreme Electoral Court, told Reuters on Monday it has invited the European Union for the first time to observe its general elections this year, when President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election.

Bolsonaro has questioned the validity of Brazil’s electronic voting system and made baseless allegations of fraud in the 2018 race, stirring concerns that he may not accept the results of the October election.

Recent opinion surveys show the far-right president trailing well behind leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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