A briefcase containing more than 900 early ballots from the Fajardo Municipality has reportedly appeared in an area of the Roberto Clemente Coliseum yesterday, along with other cases corresponding to Guayama, he sued Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz, election commissioner of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
According to the official, an examination of the suitcase’s contents revealed that there were 228 ballots of each of the four categories (state, legislative, municipal and plebiscite), for a total of 912.
For Cruz, the alleged finding, coupled with some 250 Luquillo legislative ballots not counted on the night of the event, would cast doubt on the possibility of re-election of the President of the Chamber. Carlos “Johnny” Méndez, who for now surpassed the PPD challenger, Juan “Tito” Gómez, with 270 votes.
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“If there are 225 Fajardo ballots that have not been counted, plus nearly 250 by Luquillo that have also not been disclosed, we are talking about (more than) 450 votes. The information given by the officials who discovered these ballots yesterday and viewed them from above, because they were not machine-entered, is that they were ballots marked for the PPD. In Luquillo, I have to tell you that Unit 74 (for face-to-face early voting) preferred the PPD three to one on the night of the event, ”Cruz claimed.
According to the Commissioner, State Election Commission (CEE) It must notify candidates from Representative District 36, including Fajardo, Luquillo, Río Grande, Culebra, Vieques and Ceiba, in case the allegedly found and unaccounted-for ballots place the contest within the margin of 100 votes or less .
“Nobody doubts the origin (of Fajardo’s briefcase), because it is the same amount for the four ballots. If you look further, they have the initials (of the party officials). I understand that no one has questioned them and they will be processed like any other ballot paper, ”Cruz emphasized.
The election commissioner of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, Roberto Ivan AponteHowever, he indicated that he had not been officially notified of the release of a Fajardo briefcase for early voting.
‘I heard that rumor, but I don’t know. At one point this morning I heard that there were Moca ballots in a Fajardo briefcase. I don’t dare to speculate because I don’t have the minutes. They told me on the floor. Everything is possible, as we have seen, ”said Aponte.
The full EEG will meet today at 3 pm