He denounced that a briefcase with more than 900 early votes from the municipality of Fajardo appeared yesterday in an area of Roberto Clemente College together with other appropriate briefcases Guayama. Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz, election commissioner at Popular People’s Party (PPD).
According to the official, an examination of the contents of the briefcase showed that there were 228 ballots in each of the four categories (state, legislative, municipal and plebiscite), for a total of 912.
For Cruz, the alleged finding, combined with some 250 legislative bulletins from Luquillo, which were not taken into account on the night of the event, would call into question the possibility of re-electing the President of the Chamber, Carlos “Johnny” Mendez, which has previously overcome the PPD challenge, Juan “Tito” Gómez, with 270 votes.
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“If there are 225 ballots from Fajardo that were not counted, plus almost 250 from Luquillo that were not disclosed either, we are talking about (more than) 450 votes. The information given by the officials who yesterday discovered these ballots, looking at them from above, because they were not entered by car, is that they were ballots marked for PPD. In Luquillo, I have to tell you that Unit 74 (for early face-to-face voting) favored PPD three to one on the night of the event, “Cruz said.
According to the commissioner, State Electoral Commission (EEC) It should announce the candidates from the representative district 36, which includes Fajardo, Luquillo, Río Grande, Culebra, Vieques and Ceiba, if the alleged ballots found and not counted place the contest in the margin of 100 votes or less.
“No one has doubts about the origin (of Fajardo’s briefcase), because they are the same amount for the four ballots. When you look over, they have the initials (of party officials). I understand that no one questioned them and they will be processed like any other ballot “, Cruz underlined.
The electoral commissioner of Puerto Rico Independence Party, Roberto Ivan AponteHowever, he indicated that he had not been officially notified of the appearance of an Fajardo early voting briefcase.
“I heard that rumor, but I don’t know. At one point this morning, I heard that there were Moca ballot papers in a Fajardo briefcase. I dare not speculate because I do not have the minutes. They told me on the floor. Anything is possible, as we have seen, “said Aponte.
The entire CEE will meet today at 15:00