Brazil's political parties prepare for municipal elections in 2024

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*5,568 municipalities to select city councils and mayors in 2024 *30% of campaign funding to be allocated to women candidates *15% of city councilors must be women *2024 Election Planning Conference in Brasilia organized by Workers’ Party

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00:00 Brazil's 29 political parties are starting plans for next year's municipal elections,

00:04 which will feature new quotas for women and the largest authorized campaign budget in

00:09 the nation's history.

00:10 In Brasilia, our correspondent Brian Meir has more.

00:14 2023 is coming to an end.

00:17 And across Brazil's political spectrum, all eyes are on next year's municipal elections.

00:22 There's 5,568 municipalities in Brazil.

00:27 Every one of them is going to have elections for city councilors and mayors next year.

00:30 And this means dividing up Brazil's massive 5 billion real fund for parties financing

00:37 their candidates in elections.

00:39 A first for next year is that 30% of this funding has to be put towards women candidates.

00:45 That means that all parties must field a certain amount of women candidates and 15% of their

00:50 elected city councilors have to be women.

00:53 There's over a thousand municipalities in Brazil.

00:55 They don't have a single female city councilor.

00:58 So this is going to represent a massive sea change in municipal politics in Brazil.

01:03 Here in Brasilia, the Workers' Party is having its 2024 election planning conference.

01:10 And potential candidates for city councilor and mayor from all across the country are

01:13 here.

01:14 President Lula is going to address them tonight.

01:16 And they're going to work out in a two-day series of workshops strategies for helping

01:21 increase the Workers' Party's participation in the municipal level next year in 2024.

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