Primary Partially Suspended: Here's What We Know About the Chaotic Situation at the Polls in PR

[Judi Lynn]

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AUGUST 9, 2020 9:12 PM EDT

No ballots, a partially suspended primary, and a call for the president of the elections commission to resign amid chaos in Puerto Rico.


SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the U.S. territory’s elections commission (CEE for its initials in Spanish) to resign.

The primaries for voting centers that had not received ballots by early afternoon are expected to be rescheduled, while voting would continue elsewhere, the commission said.

“I have never seen on American soil something like what has just been done here in Puerto Rico. It’s an embarrassment to our government and our people,” said Pedro Pierluisi, who is running against Gov. Wanda Vázquez, to become the nominee for the pro-statehood New Progressive Party

Meanwhile, Vázquez called the situation “a disaster” and demanded the resignation of the president of the elections commission. “They made the people of Puerto Rico, not the candidates, believe that they were prepared,” she said. “Today the opposite was evident. They lied.”

More:
https://theamericanonews.com/2020/08/09/puerto-rico-primary/

[Laelth]

1. That's not what I wanted to hear.

Thank you for posting it, regardless.

-Laelth