Wire reporting: (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said he would not recognize the result and would seek to have the election annulled, Agência Brasil reported².

Speaking Oct. 25 outside his campaign headquarters in Brasília, he pointed to a voting-hours extension ordered by Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin after requests from both campaigns, including his own, Agência Brasil said². Lula’s margin was more than 4.4 million votes, that report said².

The BBC reported that Brazil’s electoral authority said the vote proceeded normally and in line with the country’s laws¹. An analysis by BBC Brazil and BBC Verify found about 34,000 people voted during the extended hours, far below the 4.4 million-vote gap, the BBC said¹.

After leaving Brazil, Bolsonaro arrived in Florida on Wednesday and referred to himself as leader of Brazil in a letter published on social media, the BBC reported¹. France 24 said he insisted from the United States that he is the country’s rightful leader after starting a self-imposed exile³. DW said he and his family landed in Florida early Wednesday⁴.

Agência Brasil quoted him saying he would not accept a mid-contest rule change by the court². Whether Brazilian courts will hear an annulment bid, and how U.S. authorities treat his stay, were not settled in the accounts reviewed^1,2,3.