Brazil center-right PSDB party presidential primary stalled by app failure

Governor of Rio Grande do Sul State Eduardo Leite arrives for a meeting of center-right The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) for the presidential primary in Brasilia, Brazil November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) was unable on Sunday to nominate its presidential candidate for next year's election because of a voting app failure, delaying a decision between the main contenders, Joao Doria and Eduardo Leite.

The center-right party said it decided to put voting on pause until a future date after the app failure denied access to many of the 44,700 members registered to vote, including figures such as former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.