Even the authorities couldn't stop them: chaos at the polling stations in Brazil

About 3,000 voters in Rio de Janeiro had to change their plans on Brazil's presidential election day after a flea infestation was discovered at the school where they were supposed to vote. Ten polling stations were moved to a nearby school.

About 3,000 voters in Rio de Janeiro had to change their plans on Brazil's presidential election day after a flea infestation was discovered at the Visconde de Porto Seguro Municipal School in the Jardim Sulacap neighborhood. Ten polling stations that were supposed to operate there were moved at the last minute to the Marques Rodrigues School, about 500 meters away. According to a report on the Metrópoles website, the infestation was already identified in the first round, and pest control operations were carried out at the school, which even received approval from health authorities. However, when election committee workers arrived on Saturday to prepare the polling stations for the second round, it turned out the fleas had not disappeared. The authorities decided not to take risks and ordered the transfer of the polling stations. Out of 5,040 polling stations in Rio, only two were moved between rounds; in the second case, in the Brás de Pina neighborhood, about 1,800 additional voters had to go to a different address due to infrastructure problems.