Supreme Federal Court (STF)

Rule Changes

Issued the arrest warrant against Eduardo Bolsonaro and extended voting in the October 25 runoff

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro on October 8, after his four-year, two-month sentence for lobbying the Trump administration to sanction Brazilian officials became final. He is in Texas with a green card, and the warrant is still outstanding.

Updated Oct 27

Rule Changes

Split between last-minute rulings and the new triage rule. On October 25 a single justice extended runoff voting nationwide.

On October 25, the runoff day, Justice Cristiano Zanin of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) extended voting by two hours, to 7 p.m., at polling stations across Brazil. The move followed requests from the Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro campaigns and criticism that TSE president Kassio Nunes Marques had not acted on the problems reported. The TSE paused vote counting during the delay and then called an emergency meeting, where other justices criticized both the delay and Zanin's decision.

Updated Oct 26