Unlike the US, we actually have reason to doubt the election. Voting machines with no paper trail? Come on. Do I really need to explain the problems with that on Hacker News?
Laws mandating a paper trail were passed by congress twice, and they were declared unconstitutional by the same judges behind this latest censorship. Had the paper trail been implemented, nobody would have had reason to doubt anything. Those judges are a major reason why things got this far.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543423
Would you trust these guys to determine truth from falsity? This Alexandre de Moraes is so incredibly self-righteous he straight up declared that the voting machines are UNQUESTIONABLE. Does he have the balls to release the device to the world, confident that they would fail to hack it? No. In the world of security and cryptography, far better men than him have failed miserably at greater endeavours. But his voting machines are unquestionable.
https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2023/01/15/exclusivo...
It culminated in the January 8 violent coup attempt. The ringleaders coordinated through social media too. The order came after Twitter obstructed justice by refusing to cooperate with the investigations on the ringleaders of the coup attempt, and when fined for it, refused to pay, closing its offices.