Brazil Will Count Oct. 4 Votes as INSS Prova de Vida

Overview

• Officials confirmed on Friday and Saturday that turnout at the first round on October 4 will be transmitted by the TSE to the INSS and recorded automatically as Prova de Vida for beneficiaries who vote.
• Beneficiaries who go to polling stations do not need to take any further steps to keep payments, because the INSS will update records from the TSE data without a request from the retiree.
• The INSS continues to use its SIRIS system to find other administrative signals of life, so people who do not vote may still have Prova de Vida confirmed automatically through document issues, public‑service contacts, or other government records.
• The Prova de Vida routine covers about 40 million active benefits and the electoral cross‑check produced roughly 5 million automatic verifications in 2024, showing the system can operate at scale.
• The policy rests on a 2019 law that ended routine in‑person checks and a 2022 INSS rule that explicitly accepts voting as proof of life, and beneficiaries can confirm their status on Meu INSS or by calling Central 135.