Brazilians are voting in a presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.
The runoff is between President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – both are well-known, divisive political figures.
The vote will determine if the world’s fourth-largest democracy stays on the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job.
More than 120 million Brazilians are expected to cast ballots, but because the vote is conducted electronically, the final result is usually available within hours after voting stations close.
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Most opinion polls gave a lead to Mr da Silva, universally known as Lula, though political analysts agreed the race grew increasingly tight in recent weeks.
For months, it appeared that da Silva…
