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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4149/ | 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)›§ 4149 - Political party names and insignias on the ballot | 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) › § 4149 - Political party names and insignias on the ballot | The name and insignia used by any political party on the election ballot shall be the same used by said party in the preceding general election. Any change in the name or insignia of the political parties must be notified to the Commission through a certification issued by the political party’s central governing body n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4150/ | 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)›§ 4150 - Preparation and distribution of official and sample ballots | 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) › § 4150 - Preparation and distribution of official and sample ballots | The Commission shall direct the preparation of ballots corresponding to each precinct, after having approved their design and content, on or before fifty-five (55) days before a general election.
Sample ballots of those to be used at each polling place on election day shall also be printed, both in Spanish and English.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4151/ | 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)›§ 4151 - Ballot | 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) › § 4151 - Ballot | In every general election, three (3) ballots, each in a different background color, shall be designed, one of which shall include, under the insignia of each political party, the appropriate candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner; another one shall include, under the insignia of each political party, the app... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4152/ | 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)›§ 4152 - Order in which candidates appear on the ballot | 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) › § 4152 - Order in which candidates appear on the ballot | The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot from left to right, beginning with the candidates of the political party whose candidate for Governor polled the majority of votes in the preceding general election. It shall continue with the candidates of the political party that came in second; and so on, in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4153/ | 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)›§ 4153 - Voter lists | 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) › § 4153 - Voter lists | The Commission shall deliver to each political party nominating a candidate for governor one (1) copy of the voter list to be used on the General Election day not later than twenty (20) days after voter registration is closed. The Commission may also deliver a copy of the voter list of the corresponding geographic deli... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4154/ | 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)›§ 4154 - Polling places | 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) › § 4154 - Polling places | The local commission, with the approval of the Commission, shall determine the location of the polling places in polling centers within the electoral unit where its voters reside, not later than seventy-five (75) days before an election. The Commission shall also inform the central governing bodies of all political par... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4155/ | 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)›§ 4155 - Special polling place for provisional voting | 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) › § 4155 - Special polling place for provisional voting | In each precinct, polling center, or electoral unit, as established by the Commission, a special polling place shall be set up for voters who do not appear in the voter lists but demand their right to vote. The Commission shall establish, through regulation, the requirements and procedures of this special polling place... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4156/ | 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)›§ 4156 - Easy access to polling place | 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) › § 4156 - Easy access to polling place | In each precinct, polling center, or electoral unit, as established by the Commission through regulation, an easily accessible polling place shall be set up to facilitate the voting process for voters with disabilities.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.016. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4157/ | 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)›§ 4157 - Location of polling centers | 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) › § 4157 - Location of polling centers | Polling centers shall preferably be established in such Commonwealth or municipal public buildings that may be available in the corresponding municipality, and which are located at the side of highways, roads, or streets that are easily accessible to automobiles and pedestrians. Officials in charge of Commonwealth gove... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4158/ | 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)›§ 4158 - Change in polling center | 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) › § 4158 - Change in polling center | The Commission may transfer any polling center, up to the very day of the election, if the local commission of such precinct so requests, by reason of force majeure or public safety.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.018. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4159/ | 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)›§ 4159 - Oath of the polling place officials | 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) › § 4159 - Oath of the polling place officials | Before entering upon the duties of their offices in the unit or polling place, every polling place inspector, clerk, and observer must swear as follows:
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and honestly discharge, in accordance with the Election Code of Puerto Rico and the laws in effect in the Commonwealth of P... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4160/ | 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)›§ 4160 - Substitution of polling place officials | 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) › § 4160 - Substitution of polling place officials | On election day, and at any time before the start of the canvass, any political party, independent candidate, or participating organization may appoint a substitute for any appointed polling place official, as provided herein.
The substitute or polling place official who arrives after the time scheduled for the beginni... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4161/ | 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)›§ 4161 - Authority of polling place officials | 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) › § 4161 - Authority of polling place officials | Every regular Polling Place Board inspector shall be entitled to voice and vote in the procedures of the Polling Place Board.
The Commission shall provide, through regulations, the assignment of the duties to be carried out by each of the regular polling place inspectors.
Substitute inspectors and clerks may perform th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4162/ | 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)›§ 4162 - Minimum equipment required in polling places | 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) › § 4162 - Minimum equipment required in polling places | Each polling place shall have election material available in quantities to be determined through regulations. Likewise, the Commission shall provide the necessary facilities and equipment through regulations so that persons with disabilities may exercise their right to vote.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.022. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4163/ | 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)›§ 4163 - Election material | 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) › § 4163 - Election material | In a general election, the Commission shall provide each polling place with enough election material to guarantee the vote of every person registered in the polling place, as well as the access of regular inspectors to voter lists. It shall also provide every Electoral Unit Board with election material to be used in th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4164/ | 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)›§ 4164 - Indelible mark; selection and procedure | 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) › § 4164 - Indelible mark; selection and procedure | The Commission shall determine the ink to be used to mark the fingers of voters in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, as well as the method to deliver and dispose of the same.
Such ink must be indelible, hard to imitate, and invisible. The Commission shall select the ink in such a way that its contents ca... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4165/ | 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)›§ 4165 - Delivery of election material | 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) › § 4165 - Delivery of election material | On election day, inspectors shall be at their respective polling places at the time established by the Commission, ready to receive the election material from the local commission’s unit board or its representative.
In an election, each local commission shall deliver to each Electoral Unit Board the election material s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4166/ | 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)›§ 4166 - Inspection of election material | 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) › § 4166 - Inspection of election material | Every Electoral Unit Board shall deliver election materials to the corresponding Polling Place Boards. Said boards shall receive, inspect, and prepare said election material, as provided through regulations.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.026. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4167/ | 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)›§ 4167 - Voting process | 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) › § 4167 - Voting process | Polling places shall open at eight o’clock in the morning (8:00 a.m.) and close at three o’clock in the afternoon (3:00 p.m.).
Members of the Puerto Rico Police and the Municipal Guard who are on duty on Election Day shall vote with priority in their respective polling places.
The voter’s identity shall be verified thr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4168/ | 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)›§ 4168 - Manner of voting | 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) › § 4168 - Manner of voting | The Commission shall provide, through regulations, the manner in which voters shall mark their ballots to consign their vote, as provided in this subtitle. The method of marking the ballots shall be the simplest possible, conforming to the ballots’ design, and shall allow for casting a straight-ticket or a split-ticket... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4169/ | 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)›§ 4169 - Ballots spoiled by voters | 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) › § 4169 - Ballots spoiled by voters | If a voter spoils any of the ballots by accident or mistake, he/she shall be entitled to rectification as provided through regulations.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.029. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4170/ | 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)›§ 4170 - Physical inability to mark a ballot | 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) › § 4170 - Physical inability to mark a ballot | Any voter who is unable to mark the ballots due to disability shall have the right to choose a person who, all the while safeguarding the secrecy of the vote, shall mark the ballots as instructed by the voter. The person chosen by the voter may be an official assigned to the voter’s polling place.
The Commission shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4171/ | 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)›§ 4171 - Challenge of a voter | 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) › § 4171 - Challenge of a voter | Any voter who has solid grounds to believe that a person who has come to vote is doing so illegally, based on one or more of the grounds set forth in § 4077 of this title, except for subsection (2), may challenge the vote of said person on the grounds that made it illegal, pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle, b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4172/ | 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)›§ 4172 - Arrest of a voter for voting illegally | 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) › § 4172 - Arrest of a voter for voting illegally | The day an election is held, any voter or polling place inspector who challenges the vote of any person, and who is certain that such person has voted or intends to vote illegally in that precinct or municipality, may have the person arrested and immediately taken before a judge, or may file a sworn complaint as prescr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4173/ | 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)›§ 4173 - Voting of polling place officials | 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) › § 4173 - Voting of polling place officials | As soon as the voting is concluded in a polling place, and only then, may the polling place officials assigned to such polling place cast their votes, secretly, provided that they are registered voters of the precinct in which they are working as officials, and have their voter identification card and present it to the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4174/ | 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)›§ 4174 - Voting hours and closed line system | 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) › § 4174 - Voting hours and closed line system | Polling places shall open at eight o’clock in the morning (8:00 a.m.) and close at three o’clock in the afternoon (3:00 p.m.). Voting shall continue uninterruptedly until all voters who are inside the polling place at closing time have voted. If it were not possible for all voters to be inside the polling place, voters... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4175/ | 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)›§ 4175 - Persons entitled to absentee vote | 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) › § 4175 - Persons entitled to absentee vote | Duly qualified voters who are entitled to the process of absentee voting are those who are outside of Puerto Rico on the day of an election and fall in one of the following categories:
(a) Personnel stationed outside of Puerto Rico on active duty for the United States Armed Forces, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, N... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4176/ | 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)›§ 4176 - Absentee vote application | 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) › § 4176 - Absentee vote application | A voter may request the absentee vote not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of an election, as provided by the Commission through regulations, by filling out an application and providing attesting evidence proving that he/she qualifies therefor.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.036. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4177/ | 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)›§ 4177 - Absentee voters | 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) › § 4177 - Absentee voters | Any voter entitled to vote as an absentee voter in a specific election, as established in § 4176 of this title, shall cast his/her vote in accordance with the procedure provided by the Commission through regulations. Only those absentee ballots sent on or before an election, and received on or before the last day of ge... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4178/ | 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)›§ 4178 - Absentee Vote Administrative Board | 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) › § 4178 - Absentee Vote Administrative Board | An Absentee Vote Administrative Board is hereby created permanently with the purpose of managing the application, voting, and adjudication process of absentee votes. This Board shall be composed of a person designated by the Chair and a representative of each Election Commissioner. The Board shall draft regulations for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4179/ | 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)›§ 4179 - Early voters | 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) › § 4179 - Early voters | Duly qualified voters shall be entitled to voluntarily cast their advance vote if they are in Puerto Rico and fall under any of the following categories:
(a) Members of the Puerto Rico Police, up to two thousand and five hundred (2,500) voters, the Municipal Police Corps, the Correctional Officers Corps of the Correcti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4180/ | 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)›§ 4180 - Advance vote application | 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) › § 4180 - Advance vote application | Applications for advance voting shall be filed for each election by submitting a form and attesting evidence, as the Commission provides through regulations. The deadline to apply for advance voting shall be the closing date of the General Voter Registry for the Election in question. Notwithstanding the foregoing, thos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4181/ | 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)›§ 4181 - Advance vote procedure | 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) › § 4181 - Advance vote procedure | Voters authorized to vote in advance shall cast their votes in accordance with the procedures established by the Commission through regulations.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.041; Nov. 21, 2011, No. 230, § 30. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4182/ | 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)›§ 4182 - Provisional voting | 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) › § 4182 - Provisional voting | Those persons who demand their right to vote but do not appear on the voter lists may be provisionally added in accordance with the procedure established by the Commission through regulations.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.042. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4183/ | 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)›§ 4183 - Voters with priority | 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) › § 4183 - Voters with priority | Members of the Puerto Rico Police and the Municipal Police Corps, as well as employees of the State Election Commission, who are rendering services on the day of an election or on the date that advance voting takes place, shall vote with priority in their respective polling places.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.04... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-408/4184/ | 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)›§ 4184 - Protection of the candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner | 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) › § 4184 - Protection of the candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner | The Puerto Rico Police is hereby directed to provide adequate protection to the candidates for Governor from the time they become official candidates in a general election until the results thereof are certified.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.044. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4191/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4191 - Canvass | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4191 - Canvass | Once the canvass has begun, no member of the Polling Place Board may, under any circumstance, leave the polling place. Election officials shall remain at the polling place until all the canvass is finished and the results of the canvass have been announced by posting a copy thereof on the door of the polling place in q... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4192/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4192 - Unadjudicated ballot | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4192 - Unadjudicated ballot | Any decision regarding the adjudication of a ballot shall require the unanimous vote of the Polling Place Board inspectors. In any case in which the inspectors cannot agree on the classification or adjudication of a ballot, they shall mark it on the back with the phrase “unadjudicated”, stating in writing below the phr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4193/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4193 - Challenged ballot | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4193 - Challenged ballot | The Commission shall mix any challenged ballot that may be adjudicated pursuant to the procedure established through regulations with the other ballots, and be adjudicated in favor of the candidates for whom the mark was made, unless, for any reason, such ballot has been protested or unadjudicated.
If it is proven afte... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4194/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4194 - Protest ballot | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4194 - Protest ballot | Votes on protest ballots shall not be counted for candidates. Protest ballots shall be put in an envelope duly identified with the precinct, electoral unit, polling place, and number of ballots by type contained within, and the inspectors shall sign it and enter the number of ballots on the tally sheet. The envelope sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4195/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4195 - Split-ticket ballot | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4195 - Split-ticket ballot | For a ballot to be considered a split-ticket vote, it shall contain a valid mark under the insignia of a political party and also valid marks outside of said column for one or more candidates for which the voter is entitled to vote, be it from another political party, an independent candidate, or by writing the name or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4196/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4196 - Tally sheets | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4196 - Tally sheets | Each polling place shall have tally sheets. There shall be as many copies of tally sheets as there are political parties and independent candidates participating in the election. The inspectors and representatives of political parties or independent candidates present at the polling place shall be responsible for compl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4197/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4197 - Return of election material | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4197 - Return of election material | When the canvass has been completed, the Polling Place Board shall return all election material of such polling place to the Electoral Unit Board, as provided by the Commission through regulations. The Electoral Unit Board shall process the voting results of all the polling places in the electoral unit and return all e... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4198/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4198 - Partial and preliminary results | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4198 - Partial and preliminary results | (a) Partial. — The Commission shall combine the results of the polling places of each electoral unit in each precinct, as they are received, so as to issue partial election results not later than at noon of the day following the election. Such partial results shall be based on the combination of the results of the poll... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4199/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4199 - General canvass | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4199 - General canvass | After the Commission has received the election material bags, it shall proceed to carry out a general canvass. The person who shall be in charge of the general canvass shall be selected by the Chair, but shall require the unanimous ratification of the Election Commissioners.
During the general canvass, only the protest... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4200/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4200 - Recount | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4200 - Recount | When the preliminary or general result of an election shows a difference between two candidates for the same elective public office of one hundred (100) votes or less, or zero point five percent (0.5%) or less of the total votes cast for such office, the Commission, at the request of any of the candidates in the disput... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4201/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4201 - Tie in the results of an election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4201 - Tie in the results of an election | In case of a tie for an elective public office between two or more candidates, the Commission shall hold a new election between the tied candidates. Said election shall be held not later than thirty (30) days after the general canvass of the election concerned is concluded. The Governor and the Legislative Assembly sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4202/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4202 - Results of the election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4202 - Results of the election | The Commission shall declare elected for each office such candidate who polls the highest number of votes. For the record, it shall issue an Election Certificate to be furnished to the candidate elect once it is credited that he/she has completed the public funds and property management course and submitted his/her aud... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4203/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4203 - Public funds and property management course | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4203 - Public funds and property management course | Every candidate elected in a general election, special election, or alternate selection method shall take a course regarding the management of public funds and property offered by the Office of the Comptroller.
(1) The course shall have the duration of six (6) hours up to a maximum of twelve (12) hours.
(2) The Office ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4204/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4204 - Resident Commissioner Elect | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4204 - Resident Commissioner Elect | The Commission shall issue a certification to the Governor stating the name of the person who polled the highest number of votes for the office of Resident Commissioner in the United States. Such certification shall be issued after the general canvass has been completed. The Governor shall immediately issue a certifica... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4205/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4205 - Minority party representation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4205 - Minority party representation | After the Commission has conducted the general canvass and determined the eleven (11) candidates elected as senators-at-large, the eleven (11) candidates elected as representatives-at-large, the two (2) senators for each senate district, and one (1) representative for each representative district, it shall proceed to d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4206/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4206 - Contesting the election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4206 - Contesting the election | Any candidate who contests the election of another candidate shall, within ten (10) days following the date in which the certificate of election for each elective public office in the general canvass was served, file with a Judge of the Court of the Judicial Region of San Juan, as designated under Chapter 403 of this s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4207/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4207 - Effect of contesting the election | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4207 - Effect of contesting the election | The filing of an action with the Court of First Instance contesting the results of an election shall not prevent the person from being certified as elected, taking office, and performing the duties thereof. In the case of senators and representatives, the contested candidate shall not be certified until the court resol... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4208/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4208 - The Senate and the House of Representatives as sole judges of the election of their members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4208 - The Senate and the House of Representatives as sole judges of the election of their members | As per the Constitution of Puerto Rico, the Senate of Puerto Rico and the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico shall be the sole judges of the legal qualifications of their respective members, the validity of the tally sheets, and the canvass of the election of their members. In the event of a contest over the elect... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-409/4209/ | 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 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209)›§ 4209 - Preservation and destruction of ballots and tally sheets | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 409 - Canvass (§§ 4191 — 4209) › § 4209 - Preservation and destruction of ballots and tally sheets | The Commission shall preserve all voted ballots and tally sheets pertaining to a primary, general or special election for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the certification of the election. Those ballots and tally sheets from an election where an aspirant or candidate for Resident Commissioner was elected ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4211/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4211 - Applicability of this subtitle | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4211 - Applicability of this subtitle | Every referendum, consultation, or plebiscite held in Puerto Rico shall be governed by the special law approved to such purposes and by the provisions of this subtitle in all that is necessary or pertinent, and for which said special law does not provide.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 11.001. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4212/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4212 - Duties of election-related bodies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4212 - Duties of election-related bodies | The Commission shall have the responsibility of directing, implementing, and supervising any referendum, consultation, or plebiscite, in addition to any other function conferred thereto by virtue of special law. Unless otherwise provided by virtue of a special law, the established local election-related bodies shall pe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4213/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4213 - Legal holiday | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4213 - Legal holiday | The day on which a referendum, consultation, or plebiscite is to be held shall be a legal holiday throughout Puerto Rico. However, the day a referendum or plebiscite is held within a particular geographic delimitation shall only be a legal holiday within said geographic delimitation. No government agency shall authoriz... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4214/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4214 - Persons entitled to vote | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4214 - Persons entitled to vote | Every duly qualified voter may vote in any referendum, consultation, or plebiscite. The Commission shall include in the voter lists for the referendum, consultation, or plebiscite all those voters that appear in the General Voter Registry and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older on the date of the referendum, co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4215/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4215 - Emblems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4215 - Emblems | The emblems printed on the ballot in a referendum, consultation, or plebiscite may not be used by any candidate or political party until after four (4) years have elapsed from the date on which such referendum, consultation, or plebiscite is held.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 11.005. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4216/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4216 - Participation of political parties and political action committees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4216 - Participation of political parties and political action committees | In every referendum, consultation, or plebiscite, any political party, or citizen group duly certified by the Commission may advocate for or against any of the options to be voted on in the same and, in the course thereof, may perform any lawful political activity subject to the limitations provided in this subtitle an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4217/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4217 - Notice of participation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4217 - Notice of participation | Political parties may participate in referendums, consultations, or plebiscites provided that their central governing bodies notify the Commission of their intention within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the special law authorizing the plebiscite, consultation, or referendum in question.
Likewise, any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4218/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4218 - Financing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4218 - Financing | Any special law providing for the holding of a referendum, consultation, or plebiscite shall provide for the necessary funds for the holding thereof, as well as the amount of money, if any, that shall be authorized and granted to the political parties and citizen groups for their campaigns. The Election Comptroller sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4219/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4219 - Ballot | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4219 - Ballot | The Commission shall design and print the ballot to be used in every referendum or plebiscite, as provided in the special law that provides therefor. Such ballot shall contain the text of the proposal, both in Spanish and English, to be submitted for the citizens” vote, just as it appears in said law. If the ballot des... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-410/4220/ | 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 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220)›§ 4220 - Notice of the results and prevailing proposal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 410 - Referendum—Cconsultation—Plebiscite (§§ 4211 — 4220) › § 4220 - Notice of the results and prevailing proposal | The Commission shall certify to the Governor the results of the referendum, consultation, or plebiscite, as well as the proposal which, according to the terms of the special law, has prevailed after the proper canvass of the votes. In every case in which the result of a referendum, consultation, or plebiscite shall hav... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4231/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4231 - Media expenses of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4231 - Media expenses of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | During a general election year and until the day after it is held, the agencies of the Government, the Legislative Assembly, and the Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico are hereby forbidden to incur expenses in the purchase of time and space in media outlets, as well as the purchase and distribution of propaganda or promoti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4232/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4232 - Distance between propaganda facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4232 - Distance between propaganda facilities | No facility for the distribution of propaganda of any political party, aspirant, candidate, independent candidate, citizen group, or political action committee may be established at a walking distance of less than fifty (50) meters, measured along the public access thoroughfares between the two closest points between t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4233/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4233 - Use of communications material and equipment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4233 - Use of communications material and equipment | The use or display of material for propaganda in polling centers or polling places is hereby prohibited.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 12.003. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4234/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4234 - Opening propaganda distribution facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4234 - Opening propaganda distribution facilities | Any person who is in charge of a propaganda distribution facility located within a one hundred (100) meter-radius, as measured along public thoroughfares, between the two closest points from the perimeter of the property where the propaganda distribution facility is set up and the property where a polling place or Perm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4235/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4235 - Violations of election-related laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4235 - Violations of election-related laws | Any person who knowingly and fraudulently violates any of the provisions of this subtitle or who, having an obligation imposed thereby, willfully fails or refuses to comply with it, shall be guilty of an election-related crime. If no specific penalty is set forth in this subtitle for such violation, said person shall b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4236/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4236 - Improper use of the voter identification card | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4236 - Improper use of the voter identification card | Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, imitates, transfers, or obtains a voter identification card based on false facts or knowing that he/she is not entitled to it, or any person who circulates, publishes, passes, or tries to pass said card for genuine and true knowing that it is false, altered, forged, imitate... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4237/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4237 - Violation of rules and regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4237 - Violation of rules and regulations | Any person who willfully violates any rule or regulation of the Commission, adopted and promulgated as authorized in this subtitle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months or a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both pena... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4238/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4238 - Dismissal or suspension from employment for serving as a member of a... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4238 - Dismissal or suspension from employment for serving as a member of a Local Commission | It shall be illegal for an employer to authorize or consent or dismiss an employee or official, or for a person to threaten to dismiss or dismiss, suspend, dock the pay, demote, or impose or try to impose onerous working conditions on an employee or official because said employee or official has been summoned to attend... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4239/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4239 - Alteration of election-related documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4239 - Alteration of election-related documents | Every person who, without being duly authorized by law, or who, having such authorization to intervene with election material, violates the forms and ballots used or to be used in an election for the purpose of extracting, altering, substituting, defacing, destroying, or mislaying such documents to prevent them from be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4240/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4240 - Forged signatures or unauthorized information in endorsement petitio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4240 - Forged signatures or unauthorized information in endorsement petitions for primaries | Any person who forges a signature in an endorsement petition for primary or for registration of a political party, or includes a voter’s information without his authorization in said petition or in a related report shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year or more than three ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4241/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4241 - Installation of mechanical devices | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4241 - Installation of mechanical devices | Any person who installs, connects, or uses, or causes anyone to install, connect, or use any mechanical, electronic, or any other type of device for the purpose of obtaining information or allowing any other person to obtain information about any aspirant, candidate, independent candidate, political party, political ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4242/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4242 - Penalty for obstruction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4242 - Penalty for obstruction | Any person who willfully and knowingly obstructs, intimidates, interrupts, or illegally interferes with the election-related activities of a political party or political action committee, campaign committee or citizen group, aspirant, candidate, independent candidate, or voter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4243/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4243 - Breaking into facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4243 - Breaking into facilities | Any person who illegally breaks into a facility, building, or structure in which material belonging to political parties, aspirants, candidates, independent candidates, campaign committees, or political action committees is kept, with the intention to find out about the contents of said material or information, shall b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4244/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4244 - Improper use of General Voter Registry information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4244 - Improper use of General Voter Registry information | Any Commission or political party employee or official, aspirant, candidate, citizen group representative in the process of registering a political party, any representative thereof, or any natural or juridical person who, in the discharge of his/her duties or by accident, gains access to the information contained in t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4245/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4245 - Improper use of public funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4245 - Improper use of public funds | Any public employee or official who unlawfully uses public funds or property for use by a political party, aspirant, person considering aspiration, candidate, independent candidate, campaign committee, or political action committee shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4246/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4246 - Job offers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4246 - Job offers | Any aspirant, candidate, independent candidate, lobbyist, elected official, or person who, on behalf thereof, offers or agrees to appoint, or to obtain the appointment of a specific person for any public office as an incentive or reward for voting in favor of said aspirant, candidate, or independent candidate, or for c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4247/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4247 - Conviction of an aspirant or candidate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4247 - Conviction of an aspirant or candidate | Any aspirant, candidate, or independent candidate convicted of any election-related crime shall, in addition to the penalties provided in this subtitle, be subject to disqualification as an aspirant, candidate, or independent candidate by the Court of First Instance, as provided by this subtitle.
History —June 1, 2011,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4248/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4248 - Registration or transfer offenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4248 - Registration or transfer offenses | Any person who:
(a) Willfully registers or transfers or allows himself to be registered or transferred in the General Voter Registry knowing that he is not entitled to such registration or transfer for being based on false facts; or
(b) aids, abets, or advises another person to carry out said fraudulent registration or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4249/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4249 - Jeopardizing the right to register and vote | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4249 - Jeopardizing the right to register and vote | Any employer or representative thereof who refuses to allow a worker or employee to register or vote when the latter is qualified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months or a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both penalt... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4250/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4250 - Tearing off or defacing documents or propaganda of candidates or pol... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4250 - Tearing off or defacing documents or propaganda of candidates or political parties | Any person who willfully and knowingly tears off or defaces any election-related document or propaganda of candidates or political parties displayed in public places shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months or by a fine not to exceed five... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4251/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4251 - Operation of establishments dispensing alcoholic beverages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4251 - Operation of establishments dispensing alcoholic beverages | Any person who opens or operates a commercial establishment, bar, shop, club, house, apartment, depot, barracks, or pavilion for the dispensing, sale, traffic, or free consumption of spirits, distillates, wines, ferments, or alcoholic beverages, from midnight of the day preceding an election until nine o’clock in the e... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4252/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4252 - Election day | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4252 - Election day | Any person who:
(a) Through violence, intimidation, abuse of authority, deceit, or any illegal action, obstructs, hinders, pretends, or influences to change or prevent the vote of a qualified voter, or who offers or receives a bribe or financial offer to abstain from, obstruct, prevent, influence, or change that vote; ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4253/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4253 - Double voting | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4253 - Double voting | Any person who, without being entitled to vote, succeeds in doing so or who, although having the right to vote, should do so more than once, shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 4644 and 4694 of Title 33.
History —June 1, 201... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4253a/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4253a - Interference with electronic voting system | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4253a - Interference with electronic voting system | Any person who unlawfully takes any electronic voting or canvassing system or device, or any of its components, software, or password, shall be guilty of a second-degree felony.
Any person who manipulates, attempts to manipulate, or destroys any electronic voting or canvassing system or device, or any of its components... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4254/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4254 - Competence of the Court of First Instance, appointment of a Special ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4254 - Competence of the Court of First Instance, appointment of a Special Prosecutor, and applicable rules of procedure | The procedures for violations of this subtitle shall be heard, initially, before the Court of First Instance with competence over the precinct where the violation is committed, and before the judge appointed pursuant to Chapter 403 of this subtitle.
The Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, by request of an Election Com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-sixteen/subtitle-6/chapter-411/4255/ | 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 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255)›§ 4255 - Statute of limitations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 6 - Election Code (2011) › Chapter 411 - Prohibitions and Election-Related Crimes (§§ 4231 — 4255) › § 4255 - Statute of limitations | Criminal action to be taken regarding election-related crimes classified as felonies shall prescribe after five (5) years. Criminal action for election-related crimes classified as misdemeanors, as well as those that entail fines, shall prescribe after three (3) years.
Violations of the provisions of this subtitle and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 1 - Housing cooperation—Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 1 - Housing cooperation—Short title | Sections 1—7 of this title may be referred to as the “Housing Cooperation Law”.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 125, p. 250, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 2 - Housing cooperation—Declaration of public use and purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 2 - Housing cooperation—Declaration of public use and purpose | It has been found and declared in §§ 31—55 of this title that there exist in Puerto Rico unsafe and insanitary housing conditions and a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 3 - Housing cooperation—Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 3 - Housing cooperation—Definitions | The following terms, whenever used or referred to in §§ 1—7 of this title shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) Housing authority. — Shall mean any housing authority created pursuant to §§ 31—55 of this title.
(b) Housing project. — Shall mean any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/4/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 4 - Housing cooperation—Powers of governmental bodies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 4 - Housing cooperation—Powers of governmental bodies | For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any governmental body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/5/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 5 - Housing cooperation—Payment in lieu of taxes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 5 - Housing cooperation—Payment in lieu of taxes | In order to fulfill the purposes of § 53 of this title, governmental entities are hereby authorized to enter into agreements with any housing authority, or with the federal government, with regard to any housing project located in whole or in part in the area over which the governmental entity exercises authority.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/6/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 6 - Housing cooperation—Loans by municipalities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 6 - Housing cooperation—Loans by municipalities | Any municipality located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to such authority or to agree to take such action. Such housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all such loans ma... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/7/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 7 - Housing cooperation—Supplemental powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 7 - Housing cooperation—Supplemental powers | The powers conferred by §§ 1—7 of this title shall be in addition and supplemented to the powers conferred by any other law.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 125, p. 250, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/8/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 8 - Low cost house plans | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 8 - Low cost house plans | Every poor person who wishes to build a house at a cost of around $ 200, $ 300, or $ 500, or less, may request the Secretary of Health, accompanying his request by a fifty-cent stamp of the College of Engineers and Surveyors, to furnish him, free of all cost and duly approved, a plan for the building in which he is int... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/9/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 9 - Model house plans by Secretary of Health | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 9 - Model house plans by Secretary of Health | The Secretary of Health shall prepare model plans for the various types of houses, as provided in § 8 of this title.
History —May 6, 1939, No. 133, p. 666, § 2. |
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