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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4012/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4012 - Functions, duties, and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4012 - Functions, duties, and powers | The Commission shall be responsible for planning, organizing, structuring, directing, and supervising the electoral entity and all election-related processes that govern any election to be held in Puerto Rico, pursuant to this subtitle and its regulations. In carrying out this function, the Commission shall have the fo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4013/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4013 - Meetings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4013 - Meetings | The Commission shall meet weekly in regular session on the date, at the time, and in the place previously agreed upon by the Commissioners, without having to issue a call therefor. It may also hold as many special sessions as it deems necessary to carry out its functions, either by agreement of the majority of the Elec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4014/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4014 - Decisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4014 - Decisions | (a) Every motion filed with the Commission by any of the Election Commissioners shall be immediately considered for discussion and vote without having to be seconded.
(b) Every election-related issue shall be required to be agreed upon by the Commission and be approved by unanimous vote of the Election Commissioners pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4015/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4015 - Jurisdiction and procedures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4015 - Jurisdiction and procedures | Unless otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall have original jurisdiction to consider, hear, and resolve any election-related matter or controversy, either motu proprio or by request of an interested party.
(a) The Commission shall have the power to investigate any sworn claim or complaint filed with ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4016/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4016 - Commission documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4016 - Commission documents | Unless otherwise provided in this subtitle, all records, briefs, documents, files, and materials of the Commission shall be deemed to be public documents and may be examined by any Election Commissioner or interested party. Notwithstanding, the Commission shall not provide any person with copies of the General Voter Re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4017/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4017 - Chair, Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4017 - Chair, Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs | Election Commissioners shall appoint a Chair and an Alternate Chair, pursuant to this subtitle, who shall act as representatives of the public interest in the Commission. The participation and the unanimous vote of all Election Commissioners shall be required to appoint a Chair, an Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs.
The... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4018/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4018 - Removal from and vacancy in the Offices of Chair, Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4018 - Removal from and vacancy in the Offices of Chair, Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs | The Chair, Alternate Chair, and Vice Chairs may be removed from office for any of the following reasons:
(1) Open bias against a political party, aspirant, candidate, committee, or citizen group.
(2) Conviction of a felony.
(3) Conviction of a misdemeanor involving election-related matters, or implying moral turpitude.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4019/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4019 - Powers and duties of the Chair | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4019 - Powers and duties of the Chair | (1) The Chair shall be the Executive Officer of the Commission and be responsible for the execution and supervision of election-related processes within an atmosphere of absolute integrity and impartiality. In discharging such task, he/she shall have the powers, attributions, and prerogatives inherent to the office tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4020/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4020 - Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4020 - Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | Election Commissioners shall appoint one (1) Secretary and up to two (2) Deputy Secretaries. The Commission shall appoint a Secretary upon the recommendation of the Election Commissioner of the majority major party, the participation of all the Election Commissioners, and their unanimous vote. If unanimity is not reach... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4021/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4021 - Functions and salaries of the Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4021 - Functions and salaries of the Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | The Secretary and the Deputy Secretaries shall carry out the functions delegated unto them by this subtitle, as well as any other functions assigned to them by the Commission. The Secretary and Deputy Secretaries shall earn the salary fixed through regulations, which shall not be greater than or equal to that of the Se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4022/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4022 - Vacancy in the Offices of Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4022 - Vacancy in the Offices of Secretary and Deputy Secretaries | In the event that the Secretary is temporarily absent or disabled, the First Deputy Secretary shall become Acting Secretary for the length of said absence or disability. Likewise, if a vacancy arises in said office, the Deputy Secretary shall act as Acting Secretary for the length of such vacancy and until a successor ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4023/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4023 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4023 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | In addition to those set forth in this subtitle or its regulations, the Secretary shall have the following functions or duties:
(a) To take notes, draft, and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the Commission, as well as to certify them;
(b) to certify, compile, notify, and publish the resolutions, orders, opinions,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4024/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4024 - Election Commissioners | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4024 - Election Commissioners | The Election Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners representing major parties, parties, and parties by petition shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico by petition of the central governing body of the party they represent. They must be persons of recognized moral probity, duly qualified voters and residen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-402/4025/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025)›§ 4025 - Voting system | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 402 - State Election Commission (§§ 4011 — 4025) › § 4025 - Voting system | The Commission shall determine, through a resolution, the electronic voting or electronic canvassing system to be used in all polling places. The voter shall have possession and control of the electronic or paper ballot or ballots on which his votes were cast until, through his direct interaction with the electronic vo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-403/4031/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035)›§ 4031 - Judicial review of the decisions of the Commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035) › § 4031 - Judicial review of the decisions of the Commission | Any party that is adversely affected by a resolution, ruling, or order of the Commission may, within ten (10) days following the notice thereof, resort to the Court of First Instance by filing a writ of review. The petitioner shall have the responsibility to notify the Commission by means of a copy of the writ of revie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-403/4032/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035)›§ 4032 - Review by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035) › § 4032 - Review by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court | Any party affected by a decision of the Court of First Instance may file a writ of review on its grounds before the Court of Appeals within ten (10) days following the notice thereof. An affected party shall have the same term to resort to the Supreme Court in certiorari. The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals shal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-403/4033/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035)›§ 4033 - Effects of a judicial ruling or review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035) › § 4033 - Effects of a judicial ruling or review | In no case shall a decision of the Court of First Instance, or the review thereof by the Court of Appeals, of an order or resolution of the Commission have the effect of suspending, staying, impeding, or in any manner obstructing the voting or canvassing in an election, or the general canvass, or any other procedure, a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-403/4034/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035)›§ 4034 - Court costs and fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035) › § 4034 - Court costs and fees | No fees whatsoever, pursuant to the Notarial Act of 1987, shall be charged on election-related matters transacted in courts of law. No legal aid stamps shall be canceled in the case of sworn statements given on election-related matters, and Court Clerks shall issue, free of any charge, the certifications of the entries... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-403/4035/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035)›§ 4035 - Appointment of judges in election-related cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 403 - Judicial Review (§§ 4031 — 4035) › § 4035 - Appointment of judges in election-related cases | All judicial actions and proceedings, whether civil or criminal, provided in and regulated by this chapter shall be heard by the judges of the Court of First Instance as designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico shall make such designation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4041/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4041 - Special Commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4041 - Special Commission | A Special Commission is hereby created to address special elections in which a political party offers more than one candidate to fill a vacancy in an elective public office left by an official from that same party. Such Special Commission shall be composed of the Chair and the Election Commissioner of the political par... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4042/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4042 - Local Election Commissions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4042 - Local Election Commissions | A Local Commission shall be constituted in each election precinct. Local Commissions shall be permanent in nature and be composed of a Chair, who shall be a Judge of the Court of First Instance designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, as provided in § 4035 of this title at the request of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4043/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4043 - Political party representatives in local commissions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4043 - Political party representatives in local commissions | Local Commissioners and Alternate Local Commissioners shall be appointed by the Commission at the request of the Election Commissioners of the political party they represent. Political party representatives shall be persons of recognized moral probity, and duly qualified voters in the election precinct to which they ar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4044/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4044 - Functions and duties of Local Election Commissions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4044 - Functions and duties of Local Election Commissions | In addition to any other functions or duties provided in this subtitle or the regulations promulgated thereunder, the local commissions shall:
(1) Instruct and train polling place and electoral unit officials.
(2) Receive, watch over, and return election material.
(3) Select polling centers with the approval of the Com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4045/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4045 - Agreements of the Local Commission; appeals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4045 - Agreements of the Local Commission; appeals | The local commission’s agreements shall be approved by the unanimous vote of the Local Commissioners present when the votes are cast. Any matter submitted to its consideration which does not receive a unanimous vote shall be decided by the Chair of the Commission, who shall vote in favor of or against it. This shall be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4046/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4046 - Permanent Registration Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4046 - Permanent Registration Board | The Commission shall constitute Permanent Registration Boards per precinct or municipality. Such Boards shall be composed of not more than three (3) members of the major parties or such parties that remained registered according to the results of the immediately preceding general election. If not all three major partie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4047/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4047 - Representation in the Permanent Registration Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4047 - Representation in the Permanent Registration Board | The Members of the Permanent Registration Board shall be appointed by the Commission at the request of the Election Commissioners of the political parties entitled thereto in accordance with § 4046 of this title. Members of the Permanent Registration Board shall enjoy the trust of the parties they represent and may be ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4048/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4048 - Electoral Unit Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4048 - Electoral Unit Board | For the general election or special elections, an Electoral Unit Board shall be constituted in each electoral unit, which shall be composed of a coordinator representing each one of the political parties or independent candidates participating in such election. In the case of a referendum, consultation, or plebiscite, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4049/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4049 - Polling Place Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4049 - Polling Place Board | In each polling place, there shall be a Polling Place Board composed of one officially appointed Inspector, one Substitute Inspector, and one Secretary in representation of each political party or independent candidate, as well as one observer for each of the aspirants and candidates for district representative and dis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4050/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4050 - Delegation of authority to appoint polling place officials | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4050 - Delegation of authority to appoint polling place officials | The central governing bodies of the political parties, independent candidates, or organizations participating in an election may delegate their authority to appoint polling place officials to one or more municipal governing bodies of such parties, independent candidates, or organizations certified to such effect by the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-404/4051/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051)›§ 4051 - Incompatibility | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 404 - Other Electoral Bodies (§§ 4041 — 4051) › § 4051 - Incompatibility | Any office in the Commission, as provided in this subtitle, is hereby declared incompatible with offices in the Puerto Rico Police and any other office that, pursuant to federal laws and regulations, cannot act in such capacity. It shall be stated in the oaths sworn by officials that there is no such incompatibility.
E... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4061/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4061 - Voters’ rights and prerogatives | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4061 - Voters’ rights and prerogatives | In order to guarantee the free exercise of the parties’ registered status, as well as to achieve the clearest expression of the People’s will, we hereby declare the following rights and prerogatives to be valid and essential:
(1) The administration of Puerto Rico’s electoral entities within a framework of strict impart... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4062/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4062 - Voters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4062 - Voters | A voter is any qualified person who has complied with all the registration requirements of the General Voter Registry. Every voter who exercises his/her right to vote shall do so in the precinct where he/she is registered. If a voter votes in a precinct other than the one where he/she is registered, only the vote cast ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4063/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4063 - Voter qualifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4063 - Voter qualifications | Any citizen of the United States of America and of Puerto Rico who is legally domiciled in the Island’s jurisdiction and who, by the date of a scheduled election event, has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, is duly qualified prior to said election event, and has not been declared mentally incompetent by a court ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4064/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4064 - Voting residence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4064 - Voting residence | Every voter must vote in the precinct where his domicile is established. For election-related purposes, there can be but one domicile, constituted in the precinct where the voter has established a residence, or where the housing facility where he resides is located, around which his personal and family activities revol... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4065/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4065 - Disqualification from voting | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4065 - Disqualification from voting | Any person who is declared mentally incompetent by a court of law shall not be entitled to exercise his/her right to vote, even if he/she is a qualified voter.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 6.005. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4066/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4066 - Guarantee of the right to vote | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4066 - Guarantee of the right to vote | Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or in an order issued by a competent Court of Law, the lawful registration of a voter shall not be rejected, cancelled, invalidated, or voided, nor shall a duly qualified voter be denied his right to vote through any regulation, order, resolution, interpretation, or any oth... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4067/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4067 - Registration application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4067 - Registration application | Any person who wishes to be listed in the General Voter Registry shall fill out a sworn registration application, which shall include at least the following information concerning the applicant:
(a) Name and both paternal and maternal surnames.
(b) Names of his/her mother and father.
(c) Gender.
(d) Eye color.
(e) Heig... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4068/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4068 - Errors in election-related transactions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4068 - Errors in election-related transactions | The Commission shall provide, through regulations to such effect, the form and means of rectifying or correcting, in the most expeditious manner possible, any error, omission, or discrepancy arising from an election-related transaction.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 6.008. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4069/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4069 - Voter identification card | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4069 - Voter identification card | The voter identification card shall contain, at least, the date of issue, the voter’s name and surnames, gender, eye color, height, and his/her signature or mark, as the case may be, his/her picture, date of birth, voter identification number, and the card’s control number. Together with the voter identification card, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4070/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4070 - Expiration of the voter identification card | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4070 - Expiration of the voter identification card | In case the Commission decides to establish a term during which the voter identification card shall be in effect, it shall be provided through resolution adopted by the unanimous vote of the Election Commissioners. Once said term has elapsed, the card shall be deemed expired for all legal purposes.
The Commission shall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4071/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4071 - Voter identification card picture | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4071 - Voter identification card picture | Every picture taken for the purpose of issuing a voter’s identification card shall be deemed a private document, and its use by any court of law shall be authorized only for proceedings arising from the commission of an election-related crime. Likewise, it may only be used by the Commission to implement any of the prov... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4072/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4072 - General Voter Registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4072 - General Voter Registry | The Commission shall prepare and keep a General Voter Registry of all registered persons in Puerto Rico. Said Registry shall be kept in such a way that information related to voters can be veritably and promptly determined.
The information contained in the General Voter Registry shall be continually updated in terms of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4073/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4073 - Reactivations, transfers, relocations, and renewal of the voter identification card | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4073 - Reactivations, transfers, relocations, and renewal of the voter identification card | The Commission shall establish, by regulation, a system whereby any registered voter may request the reactivation of his registration after being inactive for not voting in a general election. Likewise, the Commission shall establish a system whereby registrations may be transferred from one precinct to another due to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4074/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4074 - Voters’ access to their voter registration file and Commissioners’ access to a copy o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4074 - Voters’ access to their voter registration file and Commissioners’ access to a copy of the General Voter Registry | The Commission shall create and maintain election-related information systems via telephone or electronic media to allow voters direct access to verify their voter registration status. These systems shall be accessible to voters with disabilities. Election Commissioners may request a copy of the General Voter Registry ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4075/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4075 - Deadlines for voter registration, reactivation, transfer, and relocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4075 - Deadlines for voter registration, reactivation, transfer, and relocation | No registration, reactivation, transfer or relocation of a voter for an election shall be authorized within fifty (50) days before the holding of said election.
The full right of a voter to vote in the precinct and electoral unit where he/she is registered is hereby guaranteed when the change of his/her domicile to ano... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4076/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4076 - Ongoing process of voter registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, identifica... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4076 - Ongoing process of voter registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, identification card picture, and modifications to the Gene... | The Commission shall maintain an ongoing process of registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, issuance of voter identification cards, and modifications to the General Voter Registry to be carried out by the Permanent Registration Boards at the centers established in the precincts or municipalities for such purp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4077/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4077 - Challenge process | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4077 - Challenge process | (a) In order to exclude a voter who appears in the General Voter Registry, a voter’s registration challenge and exclusion petition form shall be filed with the local election commission concerned, based on one or more of the following grounds:
(1) That the individual challenged is not a citizen of the United States of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4078/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4078 - Term to challenge voters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4078 - Term to challenge voters | Any voter from the appropriate precinct may initiate any action to challenge voters within a term of three (3) months and fifteen (15) days, comprised between January 15 and April 30 of the Election Year, on the same grounds set forth in § 4077 of this title.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 6.018. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4079/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4079 - Challenge on the grounds of age; proof | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4079 - Challenge on the grounds of age; proof | When a voter is challenged on the grounds of age, either a positive certification issued by the Vital Statistics Registry, or by any similar or analogous registry in the United States of America or any foreign country, shall be attached to the challenge petition form stating the age of such person, or a “Negative Certi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4080/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4080 - Presentation of applications for registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4080 - Presentation of applications for registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, and modification before the Local Commission | Each month, the Permanent Registration Board shall submit all the applications for registration, reactivation, transfer, relocation, pictures, and modifications made to the General Voter Registry during the month, as well as the death certificates received during said month, to the local elections commission. In its mo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-405/4081/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081)›§ 4081 - Adjudication of mental incompetence and death certificate reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 405 - Voters and Registration (§§ 4061 — 4081) › § 4081 - Adjudication of mental incompetence and death certificate reports | The Courts Administrator shall send to the Commission, on a monthly basis during an election year and on a quarterly basis during years in which elections are not held, a list of those persons who have been legally declared as mentally incompetent.
Likewise, the municipal offices of the Vital Statistics Registry of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4091/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4091 - The parties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4091 - The parties | Any political party or citizen group shall be qualified insofar as it meets the following requirements:
(1) Major party.— A party whose candidate for Governor polled a number of votes equal to or greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor in the preceding general elec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4092/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4092 - Citizen groups | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4092 - Citizen groups | Any citizen group that wishes to register a political party shall file a notice of intent with the Commission for such purposes. Once it is authorized to seek endorsements, the citizen group shall be entitled to request and obtain a copy of the General Voter Registry. This request shall be submitted to the Secretary, w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4093/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4093 - Invalid party registration petitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4093 - Invalid party registration petitions | The Commission shall reject any political party registration petition signed by a person who:
(a) Is not a duly registered voter at the time of signing the petition; or
(b) has signed a petition to register another party in the same local or state category during the period between two general elections, or
(c) fails t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4094/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4094 - Prerogatives of political parties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4094 - Prerogatives of political parties | Any political party having the rank of a majority major party, party, major party, or party by petition shall enjoy the rights pertaining thereto until it loses said rank pursuant to, and as said terms are defined in this subtitle.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 7.004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4095/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4095 - Propaganda distribution facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4095 - Propaganda distribution facilities | Every political party, aspirant, candidate, citizen group, campaign committee, and political action committee that wishes to establish a propaganda distribution facility shall request an authorization from the Local Commission of the precinct where such a facility is to be located. Furthermore, such request shall inclu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4096/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4096 - Credit for transportation and other means for mobilizing voters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4096 - Credit for transportation and other means for mobilizing voters | 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 pe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4097/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4097 - Registry of Affiliated Voters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4097 - Registry of Affiliated Voters | The preparation of a Registry of Affiliated Voters, which shall be the exclusive property of the political party that prepares it and shall always remain under its exclusive control, shall be the option of the political parties. They may use said Registry, without it being construed as a limitation, for any issues, pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4098/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4098 - Affiliated voter registration form | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4098 - Affiliated voter registration form | The Commission shall supply to the political parties sufficient number of special forms so that voters may be registered in their Registries of Affiliated Voters. Said forms shall be designed and printed by the Commission and shall consist of an original and a copy. The original shall be retained by the body or officia... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4099/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4099 - Political party insignias and emblems of independent candidates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4099 - Political party insignias and emblems of independent candidates | The Commission shall establish a registry of political party names and insignias, and emblems of candidates and independent candidates, which after complying with the procedure established through regulations for the certification thereof shall be the property of the corresponding political parties, candidates, and ind... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4100/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4100 - Order to file insignias and emblems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4100 - Order to file insignias and emblems | The party by petition or independent candidate that first meets the filing requirements, as provided in this subtitle, shall have priority for the use of a specific name, insignia, or emblem. The same shall be applicable to any emblems presented by a candidate before the Commission. If two or more insignias or emblems ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4101/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4101 - Retention of rights over name and insignia | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4101 - Retention of rights over name and insignia | Any political party that, due to the results of the preceding election, fails to remain registered as such shall retain all the rights and prerogatives over the name and insignia it used in said election for as long as it claims and uses said name and insignia.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 7.011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4102/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4102 - Ban on the use of party names, insignias, and emblems for commercial purposes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4102 - Ban on the use of party names, insignias, and emblems for commercial purposes | The names and insignias of political parties which have been duly filed with the Commission as provided in this subtitle, as well as the emblems of candidates or independent candidates, cannot be reproduced, forged, copied, or imitated by any natural or juridical person for business purposes without the previous writte... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4103/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4103 - Change of name or insignia | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4103 - Change of name or insignia | Any political party that wishes to change its name or insignia may do so by certification of its central governing body filed with the Commission, and such party shall not, thereby, lose the rights and privileges granted thereto by this subtitle, or acquired while using the former name or insignia.
History —June 1, 201... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-406/4104/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104)›§ 4104 - List of political party insignias and candidate emblems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 406 - Political Parties (§§ 4091 — 4104) › § 4104 - List of political party insignias and candidate emblems | Not later than ninety (90) days before the date on which a general election is to be held, the Commission shall prepare a complete list of political party insignias and emblems of candidates filed to be printed on the voting ballot. The list shall also include ad hoc drawings of the insignias or emblems that are differ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4111/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4111 - Aspirants to candidacies for elective public offices | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4111 - Aspirants to candidacies for elective public offices | The following provisions shall constitute the essential principles of any aspiration to a candidacy whereby a person may become an aspirant:
(a) Political parties shall establish the requirements for aspirants to qualify for elective public office, except in the case of independent candidacies.
(b) The State Election C... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4112 - Vacant candidacy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4112 - Vacant candidacy | No election for an elective public office shall be carried out if, before a primary, a vacancy arises which makes the number of aspirants equal to or less than the number of offices to which a political party is entitled to nominate a candidate. However, if within sixty (60) days before a primary is held, a vacancy sho... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4113/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4113 - Roster of aspirants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4113 - Roster of aspirants | The Commission shall prepare the official roster of all aspirants sixty (60) days before the holding of a primary and, from then on, no names shall be added or eliminated from said roster.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.003. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4114/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4114 - Nomination of candidates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4114 - Nomination of candidates | All political parties shall be entitled to nominate one candidate for each elective office to be voted on in a general election. No person may be a candidate for more than one party. Provided, That, should any vacancy arise in a candidacy, the party may fill the same as provided in this subtitle and said party’s regula... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4115/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4115 - Decision to hold primaries and holding thereof | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4115 - Decision to hold primaries and holding thereof | The decision to hold primaries with regard to any candidacy for an elective public office rests with the central governing body of the political party concerned. No political party shall have to hold primaries with regard to any elective public office for which it does not wish to nominate a candidate.
In the event tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4116/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4116 - Primaries commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4116 - Primaries commission | A primaries commission is hereby created, which shall be separate for each party that needs to hold primaries to select the candidates for one or more elective public offices. The primaries commission shall be composed of the Chair and the Election Commissioner of the political party concerned.
The primaries commission... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4117/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4117 - Alternate selection methods | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4117 - Alternate selection methods | Political parties may adopt alternate selection methods for the nomination of their candidates, provided that it is approved by their central governing bodies, and that the following guarantees are met:
(a) That the nomination procedure adopted guarantees the representative expression of the voters affiliated to that p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4118/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4118 - Disqualification of an aspirant | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4118 - Disqualification of an aspirant | A political party may disqualify an aspirant to a candidacy for elective public office on any of the following grounds:
(1) That the person has failed to meet the requirements for aspirants as established in this subtitle or the regulations for primaries approved by the Commission or by the political party concerned, o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4119/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4119 - Date for holding primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4119 - Date for holding primaries | Primaries to be held pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle shall be held on the first Sunday of June of the year in which the General Election is to be held.
In the case of primaries for candidates who seek nomination in their political party for election to the office of President of the United States of America... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4120/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4120 - Calling a primary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4120 - Calling a primary | The Commission shall announce and call voters to primaries in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation at least thirty (30) days before such primaries are to be held.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.010. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4121/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4121 - Date to file candidacies and deadlines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4121 - Date to file candidacies and deadlines | The Commission and the political parties shall open the process for filing candidacies from December 1 st to December 30 th of the year preceding a General Election year. The deadlines that shall apply to the different processes and activities related to said primaries shall be established by the Commission through reg... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4122/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4122 - Endorsement petitions for primaries and independent candidacies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4122 - Endorsement petitions for primaries and independent candidacies | (1) Any voter who wishes to run in a primary, in addition to meeting all the requirements set forth by law and regulations, shall file with the Commission the number of endorsement petitions required by this subtitle for the elective public office to which he/she intends to aspire.
(a) The number of endorsement petitio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4123/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4123 - Endorsement petition form for primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4123 - Endorsement petition form for primaries | Endorsement petitions for primaries shall be filed on a special form containing the following information about the petitioner:
(1) Name and surnames;
(2) date of birth;
(3) gender;
(4) name of the mother and father;
(5) voter identification number;
(6) precinct number, and
(7) signature.
The form shall also include th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4124/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4124 - Endorsement petitions for primaries need not be sworn | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4124 - Endorsement petitions for primaries need not be sworn | Endorsement petitions for primaries need not be sworn before an ad hoc notary. The Commission shall prescribe by regulations the requirements to be met by officials authorized to take endorsement signatures. Furthermore, the Commission shall prescribe by regulations the necessary safeguards that must be observed by sai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4125/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4125 - Information form | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4125 - Information form | Every voter who wishes to exercise the rights and privileges granted by this subtitle to aspirants in primaries shall file with the Commission an information form on candidacy for primaries, so that the Commission shall open a record for him/her and take the administrative steps needed to receive endorsement petitions ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4126/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4126 - Criteria to invalidate endorsement petitions for primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4126 - Criteria to invalidate endorsement petitions for primaries | The grounds to invalidate an endorsement petition for primaries shall be the following:
(a) The petitioner is not a voter who is affiliated with the aspirant’s party; or
(b) the petitioner is not a voter of the precinct or precincts that cover the candidacy; or
(c) some of the fields or requirements of the petition are... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4127/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4127 - Certification of aspirants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4127 - Certification of aspirants | The Secretary shall issue a certification of the aspirants who have completed the necessary requirements and shall appear on the appropriate ballot.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.017. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4128/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4128 - Acceptance of aspiration for candidacy in primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4128 - Acceptance of aspiration for candidacy in primaries | Every aspirant to a candidacy for an elective public office must appear in the Affiliated Voter Registry of the appropriate party and be sworn by an official duly qualified to administer oaths stating that he accepts the nomination as candidate, that he shall abide by the official regulations of his political party, an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4129/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4129 - Withdrawal from participating in primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4129 - Withdrawal from participating in primaries | Any aspirant may withdraw from participating in a primary up to the same day in which said primary shall be held through written notice sworn before an authorized official, which shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.019. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4130/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4130 - Disqualification of aspirants and candidates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4130 - Disqualification of aspirants and candidates | Any aspirant or duly nominated candidate may be disqualified as such by the Court of First Instance if he/she fails to meet the requirements imposed by the Constitution or by law, or when it is shown that he/she has violated any of the provisions of this subtitle or its regulations.
The challenged aspirant or candidate... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4131 - Design of primary ballots | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4131 - Design of primary ballots | The primaries commission of the political party concerned shall provide, through regulations, the contents, patterns, design, and form of the ballots to be used for voting in the primaries. The primaries commission of each political party shall order the preparation of the ballots pertaining to each precinct, after the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4132 - Prohibitions regarding emblems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4132 - Prohibitions regarding emblems | No aspirant shall use any emblem on a voting ballot which is expressly prohibited by this subtitle, nor may he/she use the insignia of a political party or any part thereof as his/her emblem.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.022. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4133 - Voting in primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4133 - Voting in primaries | The voter may vote for a number of aspirants to an elective public office equal to that which the political party has notified to the Commission that it shall nominate for the general election. Political parties may require affiliation in order to vote in their primaries. A voter who wishes to vote in the primaries of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4134 - Precinct canvass | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4134 - Precinct canvass | The Local Primary Commission shall be responsible for the primary canvass of its precinct, and shall file a tally sheet with the Commission stating the results. Such tally sheet shall be filed within twenty-four (24) hours following the holding of the primary. The Commission shall establish the procedures and forms to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4135 - Aspirants elected in primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4135 - Aspirants elected in primaries | In a political party primary, those aspirants who poll the largest number of votes, according to the number of candidates that may be nominated for a particular elective public office, shall be officially nominated as candidates for such party.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.025. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4136 - Tie in primary vote results | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4136 - Tie in primary vote results | After the general canvass has been carried out, if there is a tie in the results of a primary, a second primary shall be called between the tied candidates who polled the largest number of votes. The Primaries Commission of the political party concerned shall determine the date on which the second primary shall be held... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-407/4137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137)›§ 4137 - General provision on primaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 407 - Candidacies and Primaries (§§ 4111 — 4137) › § 4137 - General provision on primaries | 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 r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4141/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4141 - Date of elections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4141 - Date of elections | A general election shall be held every four (4) years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Likewise, all elections which are in order pursuant to this subtitle shall be held on the dates they are called, as provided hereinbelow.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.001. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4142/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4142 - General call | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4142 - General call | The Commission shall announce the date on which an election shall be held not less than sixty (60) days in advance by a proclamation which shall be published in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. In the case of any other election, such election shall be called pursuant to the terms and conditions estab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4143/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4143 - Holiday | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4143 - Holiday | The day of a general election shall be a legal holiday in Puerto Rico.
No government agency shall authorize the use of parks, coliseums, auditoriums, or public facilities, and shall provide that they remain closed to the public on the day a general election is held, except when such facilities are being used by the Com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4144/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4144 - Purpose of a general election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4144 - Purpose of a general election | The purpose of a general election is to elect all the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico who, pursuant to the Constitution of Puerto Rico and other special statutes, must hold elective public offices by popular vote.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4145/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4145 - Purpose of special elections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4145 - Purpose of special elections | The purpose of a special election is to elect one or more officials within a geographic delimitation to fill a vacancy in an elective public office in the Government of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the Constitution and other special statutes.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.005. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4146/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4146 - Special elections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4146 - Special elections | (1) District legislator elected in representation of a political party. —
(a) Before the fifteen (15) months preceding the holding of a general election. — Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a district senator or representative elected in representation of a political party before the fifteen (15) months preced... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4147/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4147 - Persons entitled to vote in a special election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4147 - Persons entitled to vote in a special election | The persons entitled to vote in a special election shall be those who, at the closing of the General Voter Registry for said election, are affiliated to the political party where the vacancy arose and live within the geographic delimitation where said special election is to be held. The geographic delimitation within w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4148/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255)›Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011)›Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184)›§ 4148 - Voter distribution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 408 - Procedures Before an Election; Voting (§§ 4141 — 4184) › § 4148 - Voter distribution | Puerto Rico shall be divided into voter precincts. The Commission shall designate and number voter precincts in Puerto Rico in correlative order, taking as a basis the municipal divisions, as provided by law, and the division of senate and representative districts as periodically determined by the Constitutional Board ... |
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