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Tucker Carlson falsely said the election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” Experts on Brazil’s elections told us that there was no evidence of rigging and that elections are safe, although some have suggested improvements for transparency.

The Order of Attorneys of Brazil, the bar association regulating the country’s attorneys, also saw

Jennie Lincoln, the Carter Center’s special adviser on Latin America and the Caribbean, said the center knew of no evidence of fraud in the election, and that the international and Brazilian election observers reported none., a University of Notre Dame political science professor and an expert in Latin American politics and Brazil, told PolitiFact that Brazil’s electoral system is secure.

Fact-checkers in Brazil at Aos Fatos debunked claims suggesting a fraudulent election, including thatA man votes accompanied by a girl during a presidential run-off election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. That experts found no evidence of rigging does not mean the electoral system in Brazil is perfect.

Academics have long advocated for improved audits and a voter-verifiable paper audit trail, an important security feature. A paper trail allows voters to verify the paper ballot directly by seeing it; officials also can count the paper ballots to ensure they match the electronic results. Bolsonaro's proposal to create a voting system with a paper trailDespite limitations of the voting machines used in Brazil, Aranha said,"there is no robust evidence that the 2022 elections were ‘rigged.

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