Toñito Cruz denounces the discovery of ballots corresponding to the representative district of Johnny Méndez

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The electoral commissioner of People’s Democratic Party (PPD), Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz, denounced on Tuesday this alleged discovery of 228 ballot papers in each modality corresponding to the Fajardo 99 section, which, according to the official, could cause a reward in the contest for the 36th district that currently occupies the speaker House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Mendez.

According to the commissioner, the ballots were found in a briefcase in Guayama. However, District 36 comprises the municipalities of Ceiba, Vieques, Culebra, Fajardo, Luquillo and a section of Río Grande. He said the ballots were located yesterday when officials at one of the tables of the Board of Absentee and Early Voting (JAVA) opened a briefcase inside Guayama.

“With these legislative votes, we dare to anticipate that hundreds of votes will be cast for the representative district 36, so we need to consider whether this section will be counted.. There are ballots that have not been considered for any candidate and which, according to what we have been informed, could largely favor the popular candidate of the representative district 36, Juan “Tito” Gómez, ”Cruz said in a statement. a press release.

According to the State Electoral Commission, On the night of the event, Méndez led the popular candidate with 270 votes, but Cruz assures that there could be significant changes with the ballots that appeared.

Cruz also explained that in section 100 of Luquillo, there are still three counted JAVA schools in Unit 74 that correspond to the October 31 vote and one school in Unit 6 in Luquillo.

“School 3 of Unit 6 in Luquillo did not disclose the results, however it was a unit that Mayor Jerry Márquez won comfortably, but which Representative Johnny Méndez and the rest of the PNP leadership won on the night of the event. However, Unit 74, which includes voters who voted at the beginning of October 31, out of a total of seven schools, revealed only four, leaving three schools to be revealed, “Cruz explained. “The revealed schools seem to favor PPD comfortably for all candidates. Around 200 votes can be left unallocated in these three schools. “he added.

EEC data show that Gómez maintains an 186-vote advantage over Méndez in Unit 74 of the JAVAA de Luquillo. Cruz indicated that it is expected that once the votes are counted, the district will make a recount.

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