Bolsonaro push to annul votes is rejected

The head of Brazil’s electoral authority has rejected what he called a “bizarre and illicit” request from President Jair Bolsonaro’s political party to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned the October 30 election.

Alexandre de Moraes had issued a prior ruling that implicitly raised the possibility that Mr Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party could suffer as a result of such a challenge. He also ordered the suspension of government funds for the Party until a fine of £3.6 million for bad faith litigation is paid.