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Brazilian congress rejects Bolsonaro's proposal to change voting system

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Brasilia, Aug 10 (EFE) .- Brazil’s lower house of congress on Tuesday rejected a proposal backed by President Jair Bolsonaro to change the electronic voting system to paper ballots.The move required 308 votes to pass, but only received 229, with 218 against and one abstention.Bolsonaro has claimed the electronic system is open to fraud, without providing any evidence, and threatened not to recognize the result of the 2022 presidential election if paper ballots are not adopted. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN). SHOT LIST: SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER, ARTHUR LIRA, ARRIVES FOR CONGRESS MEETING, IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.

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