Brazil votes in tight election as Lula slams polling obstacles
Election
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Election process
Brazil voted Sunday in a knife-edge election between right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who called for voting hours to be extended over obstacles to public transport in some cities.
Lula, who turns 81 next week, is facing stiff competition from the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, who won the most first-round votes.
Final races showed the pair neck-and-neck in Sunday’s runoff, during which Lula blasted reduced bus services in Sao Paulo and several other cities as an attempt to block people from voting.
