Regional Electoral Courts

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Template:Refimprove Regional Electoral Court (Template:Langx, TRE) is the judicial body that is in charge of elections at the state level in Brazil. There are 27 TREs, one for each Brazilian state, plus one for the Federal District.

Responsibilities

The operation of the regional electoral courts is governed by law 4.737 of 1965.Template:Sfn Each court consists of judges that are publicly elected or nominated by part of the judiciary, according to rules set independently by each regional court.

According to law, the regional courts are responsible for control and inspection of the whole electoral process in their jurisdiction, from the registration of regional branches of political parties, to the production of reports and Template:Clarify span during vote counting.

The regional courts are responsible for voter registration, for Template:Clarify span of electoral districts and for reporting the results. The regional courts also settle disputes regarding elections and handle appeals of the decisions of the electoral judges.

Each regional court has the freedom to make their own rules with regard to how these things are handled.

List of regional electoral courts

In relation to other courts

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References

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