Rio de JaneiroMaré residents were sent up to 7 kilometres to vote.
Abstention hit 28.46% in Maré’s electoral zone, against 21.08% nationally, a survey found.
The state electoral court cited gang control to move polling stations, affecting over half of Maré’s first-round voters.
Redes da Maré founder Eliana Sousa Silva says the court never explained why some sections moved and others stayed.
Maré voters return to the polls in Brazil’s presidential runoff.
How each outlet framed it
- Agência Pública leans critical
- shows the Maré voting relocation as a rights issue, quoting Redes da Maré on how security framing cuts schools, public defenders and forensic services
Sources: Agência Pública