Last updated on December 17, 2013

Since the implementation of electronic voting, no recounts of the results have been carried out due to the lack of a VVPAT. As a consequence, there have been no successful challenges of election results, and there have been no recounts carried out in Brazil. In cases were candidates have challenged results and asked for a comprehensive audit of the vote, the TSE has responded that the candidate would have to pay over $1 million USD to fund such a recount. 

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