#Check: It is false that the electronic ballot boxes were stolen by supporters of the candidate for mayor of Fortaleza

A video circulates on social media in which two men dressed in yellow shirts collect electronic ballot boxes from a truck. The caption of the publication reports that the equipment was stolen by supporters of Sarto, a PDT candidate for the city of Fortaleza (CE). Throughnews verification project, Facebook users requested that this material be analyzed. See verification work below. To forget:

“THEFT OF URNS IN FORTALEZA / CE – 2 yellow cab (color of the Gomes postal campaign) took a lot of ballot boxes and finally they left. Not worth it! The denied flight was at the top. Armed hut, they called the police and the devil at four. There the cabin turned yellow, but it was for the better. Inside the truck, a campaign banner: whose?“
Video title posted on Facebook that, until 6 pm on November 23, 2020, was shared by 63 people

The information analyzed by To forget it’s false. After the recording, the Federal Police took the occupants of the truck for their investigation and concluded that they only carried out regular transport of the electronic ballot boxes from the headquarters of the Regional Electoral Tribunal of Ceará (TRE-CE) to the warehouse. The withdrawal of the teams occurred after the scrutiny, so it had no effect on the results of the polls in the first round.

Delegate of the PF Paulo Henrique Oliveira Rocha informed the press that the complaint was unfounded. “A garrison approached the truck and decided to take it to the superintendency for verification. Once there, it was verified that it was a regular voting procedure, within TRE planning and by all TREs in Brazil at the end of the voting. There is a vehicle that collects to be stored in a warehouse of the Court. There is nothing irregular in the behavior of the trucker who was approached by the PM, ”he said.

TRE-CE reported, notices me, that the collection of electronic ballot boxes once the voting is finished is a planned logistics procedure during the elections. “This transport is one of several common situations of administrative coordination, supported by law and provided for throughout the national logistics for the collection of electronic ballot boxes, with the illusion that this equipment was being ‘stolen’ or taken to places with different purposes . contractual, ”he says.

At that time, a subcontracted company was hired to collect the ballot boxes after the elections were over. This transport occurs only after the official vote count has been issued, that is, it does not interfere with the results of the elections. As the employees wore yellow shirts, color used in Sarto’s campaign (PDT) to the city of Fortaleza (CE), they were accused of stealing equipment to defraud the election.

Although there is no irregularity in the transportation of the ballot boxes, according to the TRE, the court assessed that the use of yellow shirts is a breach of contract, since the contract prohibits the use of clothing that refers to some type of political propaganda. “Internally, a procedure was opened to sanction the company for breach of the contract (…) and the driver / assistant will be replaced for the second round,” he says in a note.

This claim was also verified by Electronic scams me Boatos.org.

Note: ‌ This‌‌ Report‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌project‌ ‌of‌ ‌verification‌ ‌of‌ ‌news‌‌ ‌No‌ ‌Facebook.‌ ‌ Doubts‌ about‌ ‌or‌ ‌project? ‌ ‌Enter‌ ‌em‌ ‌contact‌ ‌direct‌ ‌com‌ ‌o‌ ‌‌Facebook.

Edited by: Boy Marés