To understand the controversy over Brazil’s contested election, understand where the votes are counted. Each electronic voting machine operates offline. When its polling station closes, it produces a printed local tally—the Boletim de Urna. Results are then transmitted, verified and added to the national total. That means the election leaves evidence outside the central tallying system. After Justice @Cristianozaninm, Lula’s former campaign lawyer in 2022 (so a real pro on these issues), extended voting, the receipt of tally reports was also paused for 2 hours, national aggregation and publication until after 7 p.m. Closed machines remained closed. Polling stations still operating could accept additional voters. That is the critical 2 hour window that demands a precise accounting. There are two separate questions: FIRST: Did the uneven extension change who could vote and by enough to affect the outcome? Publish the sections involved, their closing times and the number of additional voters admitted. SECOND: Did the national system faithfully receive and add the original polling station results? Compare independently collected printed tallies with the published figures. Recalculate the total. Examine system logs, administrative access and any changes during the interruption. Researchers have already demonstrated serious vulnerabilities in Brazilian voting machine software. Their 2019 paper, “The return of software vulnerabilities in the Brazilian voting machine,” documents compromised software integrity under test conditions that should worry anyone thinking about congratulating Lula on his “win”. Read it here: dfaranha.github.io/publicati… The public should not have to accept unexplained assurances from Lula. Preserve the evidence. Publish the records. Permit independent verification.