TSE admits delay in the disclosure of votes due to system problems

11/15/2020 Technology



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BRASÍLIA – The Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported that the delay in the release of the results of this year’s elections is due to the slowness in the process of totalizing the votes. Initially, the Court had announced that there was no problem in totalization, but rather a communication failure between the system that computes the votes and the one that publishes the results. This information has been corrected.

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This election is the first in which the data aggregation is performed entirely by the TSE and not by each of the 27 Regional Electoral Courts (TRE). According to the Court, this would bring some advantages, such as economy and security.

“Due to the slowness in the process of totalizing the votes (sum of votes), there is a delay in the delivery of the results of the vote count. The data is normally being sent by the Regional Electoral Courts (TRE) and normally received by the totalization bank. , which is adding content more slowly than expected ”, reads an excerpt from a note published by TSE.

Read: This election is the first in which the totalization of data is carried out entirely by the TSE, and not by each of the 27 Regional Electoral Courts (TRE)

According to the Court, the problem is being solved by technicians, but when it will occur was not predicted.


Officials wear a face shield and protective mask while working in the first round of the municipal elections, in Ciep Ayrton Senna, in Rocinha, South Zone of Rio Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
Officials wear a face shield and protective mask while working in the first round of the municipal elections, in Ciep Ayrton Senna, in Rocinha, South Zone of Rio Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
Voter's title and alcohol gel in the hands when voting. Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
Voter’s title and alcohol gel in the hands when voting. Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
A pollster works with a face shield during Sunday's vote at Ciep Ayrton Senna, in Rocinha Photo: Fabiano Rocha / Agência O Globo
A pollster works with a face shield during Sunday’s vote at Ciep Ayrton Senna, in Rocinha Photo: Fabiano Rocha / Agência O Globo
Safe vote: the golden rules against the coronavirus were indicated at the Senador Adolfo Gordo State School, in São Paulo. Application of alcohol gel at the entrance to the voting station Photo: Edilson Dantas / Agência O Globo
Safe vote: the golden rules against the coronavirus were indicated at the Senador Adolfo Gordo State School, in São Paulo. Application of alcohol gel at the entrance to the voting station Photo: Edilson Dantas / Agência O Globo
A voter leaves the polls after registering his vote at a polling station on the banks of the Rio Negro, where riverside residents of a community known as Catalão, in Amazonas live. Security measures against the coronavirus have been adopted even in the most remote polling places. Photo: BRUNO KELLY / REUTERS
A voter leaves the polls after registering his vote at a polling station on the banks of the Río Negro, where riverside residents of a community known as Catalão, in Amazonas live. Security measures against the coronavirus have been adopted even in the most remote polling places. Photo: BRUNO KELLY / REUTERS
Voters share alcohol gel while waiting in line to vote at the São Tomaz de Aquino Municipal School, in Leme, Rio South Zone Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Voters share alcohol gel while waiting in line to vote at the São Tomaz de Aquino Municipal School, in Leme, Rio South Zone Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Good mood at the time of voting: Tercio Galdino took advantage of the need to protect himself and became an astronaut to vote at the São Tomaz de Aquino Municipal School, in Leme Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Good mood at the time of voting: Tercio Galdino took advantage of the need to protect himself and became an astronaut to vote at the São Tomaz de Aquino Municipal School, in Leme Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Alcohol gel was available at polling stations for pollsters and voters, who were instructed to wash their hands before and after registering the vote at the polls Photo: Fabiano Rocha / Agência O Globo
Alcohol gel was available at polling stations for pollsters and voters, who were instructed to wash their hands before and after registering the vote at the polls Photo: Fabiano Rocha / Agência O Globo
Voters clean their hands before entering the electoral college of the Colégio Estadual Amaro Cavalcanti, in Largo do Machado Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
Voters clean their hands before entering the electoral college of the Colégio Estadual Amaro Cavalcanti, in Largo do Machado Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
Stickers were placed to limit social distance between voters at the Henrique Dodsworth School, in Ipanema Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Stickers were placed to limit social distance between voters at the Henrique Dodsworth School, in Ipanema Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Some people resorted to wearing gloves to protect themselves from the coronavirus, at the Henrique Dodsworth School, in Ipanema Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Some people resorted to wearing gloves to protect themselves from the coronavirus, at the Henrique Dodsworth School, in Ipanema Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Gel alcohol: hand hygiene was essential before pressing the
Gel alcohol: hand hygiene was essential before pressing “green” at the polls Photo: Ana Branco / Agência O Globo
Voter with transparent acrylic mask waits to vote at the Santo Agostinho school, in Leblon, South Zone of Rio Photo: Gabriel de Paiva / Agência O Globo
Voter with transparent acrylic mask waits to vote at the Santo Agostinho school, in Leblon, South Zone of Rio Photo: Gabriel de Paiva / Agência O Globo
The use of the mask was mandatory for voters in all polling stations Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
The use of the mask was mandatory for voters in all polling stations Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
The distance between voter and pollster is maintained in the UERJ, in São Gonçalo, Metropolitan Region of Rio Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo
The distance between voter and pollster is maintained in the UERJ, in São Gonçalo, Metropolitan Region of Rio Photo: Hermes de Paula / Agência O Globo

Earlier, the president of the TSE, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, said that there was an attack attempt to bring down the website of the Court on Sunday, but was unsuccessful. In addition, there was an older attack, possibly in 2001, but whose data has just been published, exposing personal information from the servers.

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In the note released this Sunday, the TSE stressed that “there is no relationship with the leakage of personal data from the servers and there is no relationship with the attempted cyberattack registered in the morning.”

On Saturday, TSE Information Technology Secretary Giuseppe Janino said that, with the centralization of the calculation in the TSE, it was possible to lower costs. Also, as there are no longer 27 possible attack targets, the vulnerability has decreased. Janino said that TSE’s data center has international security certificates.

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The numbers began posting around 7:40 p.m. However, as of 8pm, some capitals still had less than 10% of polls counted. They were: São Paulo (0.39%), Belo Horizonte (1.68%), Maceió (3.24%) and Natal (1.6%). And until that moment, five had more than 70% of the votes released: Curitiba (95.12%), Florianópolis (77.04%), João Pessoa (74.96%), Belém (98.67%) and Palms (98.73%).

In the first round of the 2016 municipal elections, until 7 p.m. on election Sunday, the result had already been announced in eight capitals, between the victories of the candidates and the definition of the dispute for the second round.

In Rio, for example, at 8:30 p.m., it was already decided that the second round would be between the then candidates Marcelo Crivella and Marcelo Freixo. At 10 p.m., 100% of the polls had already been cleared.

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Four years ago, two hours after the election, it was already possible to know the result in Salvador, Vitória, Belém, João Pessoa, Curitiba, Natal, Palmas and Macapá. This year, the elections in Macapá were postponed due to the blackout that has hit Amapá for more than a week.

The president of the TSE, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, will give a press conference at 8 pm.

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