Brazil Delays Municipal Elections Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
- Vote postponed by lawmakers for about a month until Nov. 15
- Delay gives extra time to prepare for a challenging event
People wearing protective masks walk past partially opened businesses in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20.
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Brazil delayed this year’s municipal elections by about a month as the country struggles to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The country’s lower house of congress approved on Wednesday a constitutional amendment to postpone the first round of the election, initially scheduled to October, to Nov. 15. Run-off votes will take place on November 29th. The proposal, which had already been approved by the senate, is ready to be signed into law by the president of congress, Davi Alcolumbre, on Thursday.