translated from Spanish: Elections in Brazil: Bolsonaro votes with bulletproof vest and Haddad sees the second round

the ultra-right Jair Bolsonaro, a leading in polls intention of voting for the presidential elections of today in Brazil, said that you trust that it will be chosen this same Sunday without having to contest a second round.
“Is decided today,” said the ultra-right after voting in Rio de Janeiro.
Cross-examined envelope if you intend to participate in the debates between the candidates before the second round, the ultra-right said that this is their intention but emphasised that believes that “there will be no second round. I am with great faith and hope and long for that worked (win this Sunday) “.”
The Deputy and controversial candidate to defend the military dictatorship (1964-1985) and for his sexist statements, racist and homophobic, agreed to pose for photographers and cameras before voting.
Bolsonaro, a captain in the army reserve, voted at a school in the military village, in the West zone of Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by his son, Flavio Bolsonaro, who is favorite to one of the two seats for the Senate for Rio de Janeiro into play in the legislation today.
In his first public appearance since he was stabbed at a rally last September 6, since he spent hospitalized almost throughout the campaign, and last week he was detained at his residence, Bolsonaro walked without difficulty, although he was visibly thinner that prior to the attack.
Therefore, that the security measures were massive, since Bolsonaro went with police guard and bulletproof vest.
Meanwhile, the progressive candidate Fernando Haddad, who replaced Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the electoral race, voted today in Sao Paulo with the confidence that the presidential elections that are disputed today in Brazil will be defined in a second round.
“First, we want a day of calm, of peace, of respect for diversity and difference. Secondly, we are confident that there will be a run-off and that is very good for Brazil”, said the workers party (PT) candidate before casting their ballot.
Haddad came to a polling station in the southern part of Sao Paulo accompanied by his wife, Ana Estela Haddad, with whom posed before cameras with the symbol of victory.
The former Minister of education heard some neighbors cacerolazos when he went to vote and said that that kind of “protests” are “normal”.
“Since that is peaceful, there is no problem”, said.
Before voting, the politician had breakfast with militants on the headquarters of the Union of Metalworkers in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, and where Lula spent his last hours before being jailed six months ago exact.

Original source in Spanish

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