The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has published the 14 resolutions that will govern the 2026 General Elections, based on the electoral legislation in force. The Court incorporated suggestions from Transparência Brasil that prevent setbacks in the use of resources for black, indigenous and female candidates. The changes occurred in articles of Resolution No. 23.607/2019 on accountability.
TB identified art. 20-A as the main risk in the draft presented by the TSE, which would allow parties to include legal and accounting services in the sum of campaign spending by women, blacks and indigenous people, unlike other candidates. The request to remove this measure was accepted by the Court, as was the request to remove generic actions to combat violence against women candidates from campaign spending, as originally proposed in Art. 17, § 6-A.
For the organization’s executive director, Juliana Sakai, these proposals would undermine the objective of the quota provided for in the Electoral Law to make women’s candidacies more competitive, with adequate electoral funding.
“The incorporation of the amendments by the Court prevents the policy of electoral funding quotas from being undermined, by not authorizing campaign spending by minorities on costs not directly linked to the campaign, such as legal services and security. The funding quotas will remain in place for the 2026 elections, despite attempts by Congress to eliminate them. Therefore, the resolution should not be used as an instrument to circumvent current legislation,” he says.
The TSE also approved the exclusion of candidates’ CPFs from the list of documents considered confidential and not disclosed. The change was included in the candidate registration draft after TB and eight other organizations asked the Court to resume disclosure of the data, which is essential for differentiating homonyms and cross-referencing information with other databases.
TB’s proposals sent to the TSE were aimed at avoiding distortions in the use of electoral resources and broadening the conditions for social control over campaign spending. Among the suggestions not adopted by the electoral regulations are measures to increase the transparency of tax data from campaign suppliers and demand greater detail in candidates’ asset declarations, among others.
