Overview

• During a First Panel session on October 14, the TSE president interrupted to reject a defense claim that the electoral court once contemplated printed ballots.
• She clarified that only Congress advanced printed‑ballot provisions and that the Supreme Court struck them down as unconstitutional in two separate rulings.
• The lawyer, Melillo Dinis do Nascimento, later conceded the correction and said the minister was absolutely right.
• Cármen Lúcia emphasized that Brazil’s electronic voting system is auditable, citing nine verification steps and a recently opened transparency cycle.
• The hearing concerns defendants accused by the Prosecutor‑General’s Office of strategic disinformation operations that deployed the printed‑ballot narrative to erode trust, including the president of the Instituto Voto Legal.