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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Lula has called for the arrest of two officials in connection with the election sabotage and asked to extend voting hours in places where the vote was suppressed

The transportation secretary in Salvador, where a lot of the fuckery is happening, just happens to be in Paris already as his arrest is ordered

This comes as the international voting results—Brazilians abroad—showed a strong swing toward Lula this morning

The governor of Bahia calls out the election sabotage, which has been reported in at least 10 states now, and demands extended voting hours. This is a shit show

The election has been extended two hours to 7 pm

This is why -- in the U.S. -- we all need to VOTE EARLY!

Big accounts on the right—both Brazilian and american— have now tried to co-opt the “this is a coup” narrative by claiming it’s a coup that a judge has extended the election for two hours at Lula’s request. Expect them to use this to challenge the results if Lula still manages to win

Here’s a Bolsonaro-aligned congressman straight up announcing the coup plan

Not good Laura, I’m getting updates from Brazil