Architects and urban planners across the country will participate in a national election this Monday and Tuesday, October 16 and 17. More than 200,000 professionals in the field are set to choose 402 state councilors for the Councils of Architecture and Urbanism of the States and the Federal District (CAU/UF) and 28 federal councilors for the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil (CAU/BR) – one from each Federative Unit plus one representative of Higher Education Institutions (IES).
Voting will take place through the Electoral Court's “VotaOnline” system to improve the security and transparency of the process. To vote, professionals must be active architects and urban planners registered with the CAU and have an account on the GOV.BR platform, which centralizes various federal government digital services.
The voting website is votaarquiteto2023.com.br. Voting takes place from midnight on October 16 until 11:59 p.m. on October 17 and is mandatory for all architects and urban planners under the age of 70.
In total, there are 51 slates: 49 slates will run for federal and state councilor positions across Brazil, while two are competing for the federal councilor and alternate positions representing Higher Education Institutions (IES). A total of 1,930 architects and urban planners are running to represent the profession. The elected councilors will serve three-year terms starting January 1, 2024. The positions are unpaid.
Announcement of Results
The announcement of the election results is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18.
State councilors will be determined by the vote quotient obtained by each slate. This quotient takes into account the proportion of votes received by the slate during the election. For example, if one slate receives 60% of the votes and another receives 40%, the council seats will be distributed according to that proportion.
However, slates must obtain a minimum performance threshold of at least 20% (for Federative Units with up to 10,000 professionals) or 15% (for Federative Units with more than 10,000 professionals) of the valid votes to secure representation on the CAU/UF Plenary Bodies.
Vote here.
Update: The voting for the CAU Elections scheduled for October 10 was postponed due to intermittent service on the TRE-TO VotaOnline platform. CAU Brasil advises that even those who voted last Tuesday must vote again, as that vote has been annulled.
This article was written by ArchDaily Team. The translation is powered by AI.
