Bolsonaro backers push for change to Brazil's voting system


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  • Monday, 02 Aug 2021

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pray during a protest calling for a printed and auditable vote in Brasilia, Brazil August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Government supporters rallied in several Brazilian cities on Sunday to call for changes in the country's electronic voting system, which far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says is not trustworthy.

Bolsonaro has increasingly insisted on the adoption of printed ballots that can be audited, a mixed system in which electronic urns would also print out receipts that can be counted if any result are challenged.

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