P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4096
A credit is hereby established for expenses related to transportation and other means of mobilizing voters within Puerto Rico on the day of a General Election, which shall be determined by prorating the sum of one million, two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) among all the major parties, parties, and parties by petition, as well as independent candidates for Governor, based on the percentage of the total votes that the candidates for Governor polled in the previous General Election.
(a) Each major party and party shall be entitled to receive an advance of up to forty percent (40%) of the total amount of the credit pertaining thereto, using the percentage of votes polled by its candidate for Governor in the preceding General Election as guideline.
(b) Independent candidates for Governor and parties by petition that nominate candidates for Governor shall be given an advance of up to forty percent (40%) of the amount obtained by dividing one million, two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) by the number of voters that the majority major party polled in the preceding General Election, and then multiplying the amount corresponding to said party per voter by five percent (5%) of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office of Governor in the preceding General Election. The amount in advance pertaining to major parties, parties by petition, and independent candidates for Governor shall be available for their use on or before October 1 st of an election year, upon filing with the Secretary of the Treasury the contracts executed for transportation and other means of mobilizing voters, as well as for its administration and coordination.
The Commission shall guarantee, through regulations, that such funds shall be used solely and exclusively in the operation, administration, and coordination of transportation services for voters in motor vehicles or other means of mobilization on the day of the General Election. Provided, That the means of mobilizing voters on the day of the General Election include such actions taken by the offices of the Election Commissioners and the headquarters of the Political Parties by telephone, Internet, social media, radio, press, television, banners, etc., and any other communication mechanism for the purpose of encouraging voters to participate in the election process by attending their respective polling places, allowing political parties to spend up to twenty percent (20%) of the total credit established therein for such purposes.
The advance made to each major party, party, party by petition, and independent candidate for Governor shall be deducted from the appropriate sum in the additional credit established in this section. After General Election results have been certified, the Commission shall adjust the estimates to such results in accordance with the preceding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and shall request the Secretary of the Treasury to proceed to pay or recover the appropriate amounts, as the case may be.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 7.006; Dec. 22, 2014, No. 239, § 26.