The Freedom of Conscience and the Right to Vote

An Analysis of the Conflict Between Fundamental Rights Regarding Elections Held on the Lord’s Day

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the Brazilian legal system, as well as its guarantees to Freedom of Conscience and religious freedom, from the perspective of the conflict between the Right to Vote, which today occurs on Sundays in Brazil, and the right to freedom of conscience of those who observe Sunday as a holy day. To this end, the article will briefly address the legal and theological assumptions of the topic, going through a constitutional analysis and, at the end, proposing a new discussion on solutions to this conflict.