On the record · Updated October 28, 2026
law professor at Fluminense Federal University
2 things Joao Pedro Padua said, verbatim, on October 26, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
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“But there isn’t much legal basis for that,”
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Others on this question
“We will take legal action. We will ask for this election to be annulled.”
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“The extension of voting hours is unusual, but for it to invalidate the elections, the candidate would have to prove that it affected voters’ ability to freely express their will.”
on whether extended voting hours give Bolsonaro legal grounds to annul the election
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