Civic Vigil
How can we collectively and swiftly respond if something goes wrong on election day? How can we ensure that all the organizations that are part of the Round Table of Initiatives are aligned on the best approach? These questions prompted the creation of a monitoring space for both the first and second rounds of elections – a situation room called Civic Vigil. It brought together hundreds of people to observe how the electoral process was unfolding and to coordinate response efforts if necessary. The organizations participating in the Vigil were:
Comissão Arns, Comitê de Defesa da Democracia, Pacto pela Democracia, Artigo 19, Casa Sueli Carneiro, Coalizão em Defesa do Sistema Eleitoral, Coalizão Negra por Direitos, Conectas Direitos Humanos, Democracia em Xeque, Direitos Já!, Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum, Instituto Igarapé, Instituto Vladimir Herzog, Washington Brazil Office, Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública, Fundação Tide Setubal, Fórum das Centrais Sindicais, Idec, Instituto Galo da Manhã, Rede de Ação Política pela Sustentabilidade, Instituto Ethos, Rede Liberdade, Transparência Internacional, NOSSAS, Sleeping Giants Brasil, Quid, Desinformante, InternetLab, Instituto Vero, NetLab, Maranta, Avaaz, Instituto Sou da Paz, WWF Brasil, Human Rights Watch, Escola de Ativismo, Anistia Internacional Brasil, Open Knoledge Brasil, Observatório do Clima, OAB-SP e comitês de professores pela democracia das faculdades de direito da USP e FGV/SP.
Manifesto: Orgulho do Voto, Orgulho da democracia, Orgulho do Brasil
(Pride in Voting, Pride in Democracy, Pride in Brazil)
To mark the opening of the Civic Vigil on the day of the second round of elections, there was
the launch of the manifesto Orgulho do Voto, Orgulho da democracia, Orgulho do Brasil. ["Proud of the Vote, Proud of Democracy, Proud of Brazil."] The ceremony gathered representatives of the organizations in the Pacto's network and included the participation of actors historically committed to Brazilian democratic construction. Among them were the former Attorney General of the Republic, Raquel Dodge, the former Minister of the Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, and the jurist Miguel Reale Júnior.
Election Day
Throughout the first and second electoral rounds, the organization's efforts were divided into three key phases:
(1) During the voting process, the focus was on ensuring voter security, facilitating access to polling stations, monitoring the spread of disinformation on social networks and messaging apps, and overseeing the actions of public security forces;
(2) After Polls Closed, attention shifted to monitoring the vote counting and tallying process, closely following the activities of the Superior Electoral Court, maintaining direct communication with them, as well as with the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), universities, the Armed Forces, international observers, and other entities involved in the official or parallel vote counting;
(3) Once the election results were confirmed, efforts were directed towards mobilizing influential voices from organized civil society, political leadership, the international community, and the private sector to promptly acknowledge the results as soon as they were released.
