Electoral Court enters the final stretch of preparations for the voting machines

© Joédson Alves/Agência Brasil Two days before the first round of the 2026 Elections, the Electoral Justice is in the final phase of preparations to make electronic voting machines available at polling places throughout the country. According to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), the equipment goes through stages such as media generation, system loading, testing, and sealing before being sent for use in the election. The TSE highlights that the arrival of the voting machine at the polling section is the result of an extensive logistics operation coordinated by the regional electoral courts (TREs). The structure involves distributing the equipment to thousands of polling places spread across the national territory, including urban areas, rural communities, and hard-to-reach regions. Information released by the courts indicates that the preparation work is nearing its final stage. TSE The TSE explains that the journey of the electronic voting machine to the voter involves several preparation stages before the election, including technical and logistical procedures coordinated by the Electoral Justice throughout the country. Although the courts do not publicly detail the delivery schedule for each piece of equipment to the polling places, the most recent publications from the Electoral Justice show the progress of the voting machine preparation stages in several states. The logistics are considered one of the most complex stages of the election. According to the TSE, each voting machine is prepared specifically for the section where it will be used, which requires control over the movement of the equipment and monitoring of the different phases of the process until the opening of voting.