Brazilians Nationals vote here for their country.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Brazilians Nationals came to Framingham MA from all over New England to vote in their country elections. We were there to cover it.

There were so many illegals here, it was insane.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Looks like you got some good coverage from the media

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Originally Posted by Ayatollahgondola

Looks like you got some good coverage from the media

Ya, not bad. (should have had more since most people think this is a crock of $hit)

Hey, they had so much fun the Brazilians are going to do it again on Halloween!!.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/ne...election?img=2




FRAMINGHAM —

With a runoff election needed to decide Brazil's next president, Brazilians in the region will be returning to Framingham High School on Halloween for another vote.

Joe Pinheiro, a spokesman for the Brazilian Workers Party, said the Brazilian Consulate of Boston, which rented the high school for the first round of voting on Sunday, plans to hold the runoff election there as well on Oct. 31.

Matt Torti, director of the school building and grounds department, said the consulate had booked that date in addition to Sunday in its initial rental agreement with the district.

Like it did for Sunday's election, the consulate will pay for all costs associated with holding the event, Torti said.

Fewer registered voters than expected turned out for Sunday's vote in Framingham. According to the Workers Party, 5,641 Brazilians cast their vote that day, far fewer than the 10,000 or so the group had anticipated.

For voters in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island, Framingham was the nearest polling location available that day. Pinheiro said the high school's distant location might have discouraged some voters.

"A lot of people learned late they had to go to Framingham," he said. "When they found out, they thought it was too far."

Other Brazilians who made it to the polls left before voting because of the long lines, which Pinheiro estimated caused as long as a 40-minute wait.

Despite those issues, Pinheiro said the election went well.

Police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said the election was mostly uneventful aside from some traffic. There were police details at the high school throughout the day, and Brandolini said there were no arrests made or major protests.

Pinheiro said there were a few protesters at the event. In a posting on the MetroWest Daily News web site, Joe Rizoli said members of his anti-illegal immigration organization set up outside polls on Sunday.

"I heard they showed up, but nobody gave them any attention," he said.

High school principal Michael Welch said there was little trace of the election at the school when students and teachers returned yesterday morning.

"We came in, and everything was normal," he said.

Welch, who hadn't heard about the consulate's rental agreement for Oct. 31, said he didn't know yet if that election would conflict with any school activities planned that day.

Local organizations occasionally rent the high school on weekends, he said, but events like Sunday's election are unusual.

Because none of the presidential candidates had secured a majority of the vote, Brazilian law calls for a runoff election between the candidates with the most votes.

That means Brazilians on Oct. 31 will decide between Workers Party candidate Dilma Rousseff and Brazilian Social Democratic Party candidate Jose Serra.

The candidates are vying for the seat of current President Lula da Silva, who is stepping down after eight years in office.

In the Framingham voting, Pinheiro said Serra pulled off a minor upset over Rousseff, 1,938 votes to 1,795. Serra's popularity may have been owed to the influence of the more conservative-leaning Brazilian press in the U.S., Pinheiro said.

Rousseff led in the overall voting, he added.

Brazilian citizens had to have registered at the consulate to vote in Sunday's election. According to the Workers Party, there are 12,000 registered voters in New England, minus Connecticut, and 60,000 total in the U.S.

[StokeyBob]

A brazillion nations. That's a lot of nationals!