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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is contesting his defeat in the October election and calling on the electoral authority to annul votes cast on most of the nation's electronic voting machines, citing a software bug that independent experts have said didn't affect the reliability of results.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is contesting his defeat in the October election and calling on the electoral authority to annul votes cast on more than half of electronic voting machines used.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. More than three weeks after losing a reelection bid, President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday blamed a software bug and demanded the electoral authority annul votes cast on most of Brazil's nation's electronic voting machines, though independent experts say the bug doesn't affect the reliability of results. World News | Bolsonaro Contests Brazil Election, Demands Votes Be Annulled.
The call comes three weeks after the Brazilian President lost an election to his long-time rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The bug hadn't been known previously, yet experts said it also doesn't affect results