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History of the elections / Old Republic
 
 

THE OLD REPUBLIC (1889-1930)
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| The Proclamation | "Colonelism"
| Alvim's Edict | "Beheadings"
| Deodoro's election | Electoral Justice
| The "governors' politics"

Electoral Justice - Concerned about the seriousness of the electoral process, President Wenceslau Brás sanctioned Law No. 3139 in 1916, which entrusted the electoral enrollment to the Judicial Power.

Many believe that the Judiciary's role of main executioner of the electoral laws was the starting point of the creation of the Electoral Justice, which came into existence in 1932.

 

 

Deodoro da Fonseca The Constituent Assembly's members of 1891, cartoon by Pereira Neto. House of Rui Barbosa Foundation. Revista Ilustrada, Rio de Janeiro, Nº 615, 1891 Deodoro da Fonseca signs the republican constitutional draft, watercolor by Gustavo Hastoy, 1891. Federal Senate Museum Floriano Peixoto. Image: Ministry of External Relations Prudente de Morais. Image: Ministry of External Relations Rodrigues Alves. Image: Ministry of External Relations Wenceslau Brás. Image: Ministry of External Relations Washington Luís. Image: Ministry of External Relations
 
 
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