Runoff candidates Arrest limits begin

Oct 10

TV Brasil says candidates contesting the October 25 runoff become protected from arrest on October 10 under the Electoral Code, from fifteen days before voting through forty-eight hours afterward, with a caught-in-the-act exception and immediate judicial review. Glauco de Queiroz explains protections for on-duty poll workers and party observers and distinguishes voters' five-day pre-election period and its additional non-bailable-conviction and safe-conduct exceptions. He identifies the presidential vote and governor runoffs in Acre, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Norte, Tocantins and the Federal District. This is activation of an existing rule, not a new law.

Brazil's existing Electoral Code arrest restrictions for October 25 runoff candidates begin October 10 and extend through forty-eight hours after voting, with caught-in-the-act and judicial-review qualifications. TV Brasil distinguishes on-duty electoral staff and voters' different period and exceptions. This is the candidate protection period's start, not enactment of a new law.