2026 ELECTIONS
Draft electoral rules suggest a laissez-faire approach to the 2026 vote
Alexandre de Moraes (left) adopted an interventionist approach to electoral regulations in 2022. Nunes Marques, who will be Brazil’s chief justice during the October elections, is expected to choose a different path. Photo: Alejandro Zambrana/Secom/TSE
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has opened a delicate debate over how to regulate political speech and digital manipulation ahead of the 2026 general elections, as campaign tactics evolve faster than the rules meant to contain them.
The court on Monday releaseddraft resolutions that will govern electoral advertising, online campaigning and enforcement powers for the next election cycle. The proposal largely preserves the framework adopted for the 2024 municipal elections, the first in Brazil to be held under specific rules addressing the use of artificial intelligence — but generative technologies have become much more sophisticated since then…
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