Brazilian election disputes over party conventions and campaign video tactics

A judge in Rio Grande do Norte ruled that the Novo party's electoral action against Allyson Bezerra involved alleged astroturfing, questioning the legality of a second party convention under the Electoral Code and Law 9.504.

Deputy Afonso Florence criticised ACM Neto’s use of a single, standardized video to endorse multiple candidates, saying the approach isolates opponents and shows a lack of individual attention to allies.