Are children allowed to accompany their guardians on Election Day?

As everyone already knows, today there are elections to define who will be the president of the country for the next four years, in addition to other positions that are also being disputed, such as governors and deputies. In the moments preceding the vote, there are some doubts about what is allowed or not during that day. And for those who have children, the question arises whether voters can take their children to vote too.

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As far as is known, there is no specific law or regulation that prevents children from accompanying their guardians to polling stations. As there is a need for secrecy of the vote, and this secrecy cannot be broken, it is up to the poll worker to decide whether or not the child can accompany his parents to the polling booth.

The Regional Electoral Court (TRE) of the state of São Paulo answered this question for Revista Crescer. If it is an infant, and those responsible are not accompanied by anyone else to take care of the baby while the adult exercises his right, the child will be allowed to enter the cabin, where the electronic voting machine is localized. However, if they are older children, they will probably have to wait for their parents sitting inside the polling room, but not in the booth.

According to the legislation, all literate Brazilians between the ages of 18 and 70 are obliged to vote. Voting becomes optional, that is, optional, only for people who are 16 and 17 years old, for citizens over 70 years old and those who are illiterate.

If you are not going to vote on election day, you must justify your absence and prove it in some way. If the person does not vote and does not justify it, the accounts must be provided to the electoral registry office, with the right to penalties for these citizens. After voting, everyone receives a voting receipt, and without it, they are prevented from exercising certain rights. Find out what they are in the list below:

• Hold some public office;
• Issuance of identity card or passport;
• Obtaining loans from official banks, such as Caixa Econômica Federal, for example;
• Enroll in a public tender;
• Renewal of enrollment in educational institutions;
• Participate in public or administrative competition.

This Sunday, Brazilians will choose, in a democratic way, the directions that the country will take in the coming years. Be prepared for the vote, remembering that voting is a right and duty of all citizens.

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