P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4137
The primary voting and canvassing processes shall be governed by the provisions of Chapters 408 and 409 of this subtitle in all matters that are not incompatible with the provisions of this title and the following provisions.
The Commission shall oversee the general canvass and recount process as necessary along with representatives of political parties that held primaries, in order to elect their candidates for elective office in accordance with the law and the Regulations approved for such purposes, guaranteeing the secrecy of the vote.
The Chair shall appoint a Canvassing Coordinator and every political party that held primaries shall appoint a Canvassing Director for their corresponding canvassing area. There shall also be a Primaries Sub Commission composed of the Alternate Commissioners of the political parties that held primaries or, in default thereof, by an official of the CEE designated by the Election Commissioner of each of such political parties.
Candidates entitled to recount shall submit to the Primaries Commission a list of observers for the recount process within a term of seventy-two (72) hours from the Commission’s notice. The Commission shall not begin the recount process until the candidate has submitted the list of observers within the aforementioned term.
Decisions to be reached at the canvassing tables shall have the unanimous vote of the Officials representing the candidates at the table. Otherwise, the issue shall be referred to the next level in the chain of command, where it shall be solved unanimously by the representatives of candidates who participated in the primaries. If the issue is not settled at said levels, it shall be referred to the Primaries Commission established in § 4116 of this title.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.027; Dec. 22, 2014, No. 239, § 34.