Police operations in the 2022 Brazilian general election

[2] As a consequence, the minister issued an order prohibiting the entities from carrying out any operation that would cause impediments to the circulation of public transportation on Sunday and stated that the directors of the police forces would be held responsible for non-compliance.

[1] The order came in the wake of a Supreme Federal Court decision that ruled on 19 October for the legality of providing free public transportation on election day.

President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign challenged the decisions, allegedly on the grounds that the measure tends to decrease abstention among the poorest people, the universe of voters where his opponent gets the largest share of votes.

[7] A Folha de São Paulo report stated that the Federal Highway Police operation began to be articulated on the night of 19 October during a meeting of Bolsonaro's campaign core, held at the Palácio da Alvorada.

[12] Moraes requested explanations from the director-general of the Federal Highway Police about the operations carried out, attaching to the determination videos showing the restrictions caused to voting in the interior of Paraíba, recorded by the mayor of the municipality himself, who denounced the action for disproportionately affecting voters in rural areas.