Polls continue to show a decrease in the distance between Lula and Bolsonaro, and the STF approved Lula’s coalition request for city halls to provide free transportation on election day

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 20 Oct 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The Quaest/Genial poll previously showed a distance of eight points. Now it is five. Datafolha was showing a distance of 5. Now it is four – just above the margin of error. The Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided to authorize city halls and bus companies to offer free public transportation for the runoff round of the elections, to be held on October 30. Faced with a very aggressive campaign by the two candidates, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) decided yesterday to grant a right of reply to Lula and Bolsonaro for their mutual attacks: 184 advertisements of 30 seconds each for the PT, and just 14 advertisements for Bolsonaro.

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