Abstract: This study intends to analyze a common misconception regarding null votes in Brazil, by which electors may end up basing themselves on false premises to second their electoral choices. It uses social media, official elections data and historical legislation, in order to better understand the origin of the misconception and its effects on the legitimacy of democracy. In Brazil, it is possible that an elector abstains from voting, votes blank or null, or votes for a candidate or party. The first three of these behaviors are defined here as “electoral indifference”. In these cases, the democratic principle requires that the voter is aware of the potential effects of his choice. Information is therefore essential, for the ability to i...
Democracy often appears as a fetish of modern political science. Two elements are essential in the c...
There is global concern about the impact that ‘fake news’ has on democratic decision-making processe...
This article analyzes the value of truth in postmodern societies and discusses how truth becomes abs...
This paper aims to make a dogmatic and legal-sociological analysis about null critical voting in the...
<p>Abstract<br>This paper explores the causes of invalid voting in Brazilian elections. Given that i...
In one of the most controversial and disputed general elections in Brazil, morethan 147 million vote...
Elections in the wake of transitions to democracy are often structured by formal and informal insti...
Introdução Décadas de pesquisas sobre a opinião pública demonstraram que a maioria das pessoas é alt...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Do people acquire more information when they are obligated to participate in elections? This dissert...
This dissertation has two main goals. The first is to test how environments with distinct political,...
One of the central premises of the theory of political culture is that feelings, beliefs and politic...
This article analyzes the value of truth in postmodern societies and discusses how truth becomes abs...
The right to vote is a primary foundation for the political legitimacy of rulers in Modern States. A...
This article seeks to reflect on the legitimacy deficit of the Brazilian political pro- cess, in tha...
Democracy often appears as a fetish of modern political science. Two elements are essential in the c...
There is global concern about the impact that ‘fake news’ has on democratic decision-making processe...
This article analyzes the value of truth in postmodern societies and discusses how truth becomes abs...
This paper aims to make a dogmatic and legal-sociological analysis about null critical voting in the...
<p>Abstract<br>This paper explores the causes of invalid voting in Brazilian elections. Given that i...
In one of the most controversial and disputed general elections in Brazil, morethan 147 million vote...
Elections in the wake of transitions to democracy are often structured by formal and informal insti...
Introdução Décadas de pesquisas sobre a opinião pública demonstraram que a maioria das pessoas é alt...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Do people acquire more information when they are obligated to participate in elections? This dissert...
This dissertation has two main goals. The first is to test how environments with distinct political,...
One of the central premises of the theory of political culture is that feelings, beliefs and politic...
This article analyzes the value of truth in postmodern societies and discusses how truth becomes abs...
The right to vote is a primary foundation for the political legitimacy of rulers in Modern States. A...
This article seeks to reflect on the legitimacy deficit of the Brazilian political pro- cess, in tha...
Democracy often appears as a fetish of modern political science. Two elements are essential in the c...
There is global concern about the impact that ‘fake news’ has on democratic decision-making processe...
This article analyzes the value of truth in postmodern societies and discusses how truth becomes abs...