On Sunday, Brazilians will vote to choose the next four years’ president of their nation. Long lines of foreigners waited in Montreal to cast their second ballot in four weeks.
Dawson College is home to 11 polling places, each of which has a line.
“You must choose the course for your nation. Therefore, regardless of how long you must wait in line, this is really crucial, said Brazilian Montrealer Thiago Sousa.
The typical wait time is roughly an hour while the voting lines are moving. In Montreal, there will likely be an estimated 8,500 voters participating in the run-off election.
“Today, I waited for two hours. I waited four hours for the first round, admitted Xandra Stefanel.
Voting and attempting to temporarily alter our current situation in Brazil are very essential to me.
Voters in line wore various colours to demonstrate their support for the opposing candidates, with those wearing red normally supporting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and those wearing yellow typically supporting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“(Bolsonaro) means business. He will speak for the family. And it’s significant to us,” declared Sandra Freitas, who stood in line alongside her husband and two boys.
For thirty years, Gilbert Merariu has called Montreal home.
He claims that there were just 2,000 Brazilians living in Quebec at the time he cast his first ballot.
Brazil is not an easy place to live. The economy, crime, and everything else. Therefore, everyone is seeking a better life. Additionally, Merariu noted that Brazilians enjoy Quebec.
For established Brazilians, even if they are here to cast their ballots, it’s an opportunity to catch up with old friends and give younger Brazilians a taste of home.
With so many people of the same nationality around, we feel at home, added Sousa.
Brazilian immigrants in Montreal wait for hours to cast their presidential ballots.
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