Overview
- The TSE, ruling unanimously Thursday, said the new ban on voting by people in pretrial detention will not apply to the 2026 election.
- The court applied the Constitution’s annuality rule, which blocks electoral changes made less than a year before a vote.
- Ministers also flagged practical limits, noting the voter registry closes May 6 and that election and security databases do not connect.
- The request came from São Paulo’s regional electoral corregedoria, and the opinion by minister Antônio Carlos Ferreira won unanimous backing.
- Prisons will keep registering eligible voters and hosting polling places this year, while the law’s criminal provisions remain in force and its voting limits may be used in later elections once systems are ready.