Brazil elections 2022: U.S. intervenes in controversy over electronic elections that Bolsonaro questions

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Six months before elections and amid controversy over President Jair Bolsonaro’s doubts about the electronic voting system, the U.S. government on Thursday called on Brazilians to have confidence in their electoral system.

The irony, however, of Brazil’s electoral system being blessed by a U.S. government itself accused of electoral fraud cannot be overlooked.

Bolsonaro, one of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s closest allies, says Brazil’s electronic voting system could lead to voter fraud.

(It seems that in the last U.S. election, the average poll worker drove to the ballot box 38 times, and that’s captured on video)

State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. has “great confidence in Brazil’s democratic institutions.”

“Brazil is known for its free and fair elections, transparency, and high voter turnout,” Price told reporters.

“It is important that Brazilians have confidence in their electoral system in anticipation of this year’s elections. Brazil is once again able to demonstrate to the world the enduring strength of Brazilian democracy through these elections,” he said.

Conservative Bolsonaro will face former leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the October elections.

U.S. President Joe Biden has been eager to avoid tensions with Bolsonaro, seeking cooperation, such as climate change, an essential issue for Brazil.

Bolsonaro publicly acknowledged a visit to Brazil last year by CIA chief William Burns, who often delivers sensitive messages from the Biden administration.

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