Bolsonaro rejects Brazil election loss, seeks to annul vote

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro refused to accept Sunday's election results and will seek to annul the vote, which he lost to leftist incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the BBC. Bolsonaro said the results "cannot be recognized" and his team will request annulment, citing a two-hour extension of voting hours as an unprecedented step requiring explanation. The extension, ordered by a Supreme Court judge minutes before polls were set to close, caused widespread confusion, with some electoral commissions learning of it only after closing. Lula won with 51.79 percent of votes versus Bolsonaro's 48.21 percent, marking his fourth presidential victory. Lula's team had complained that authorities in cities with right-wing mayors restricted voter access to public transport, while Bolsonaro's team had requested extensions in two states due to heavy rains.