{"id":43559,"date":"2020-08-09T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/puerto-rico-suspends-primary-voting-in-centers-lacking-ballots\/"},"modified":"2020-08-09T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T20:53:00","slug":"puerto-rico-suspends-primary-voting-in-centers-lacking-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/puerto-rico-suspends-primary-voting-in-centers-lacking-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Puerto Rico suspends primary voting in centers lacking ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Puerto Rico suspends primary voting in centers lacking ballots<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 9, 2020 |<\/span> 4:53pm <\/p>\n

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\n SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico \u2014 Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the US territory\u2019s elections commission to resign.<\/p>\n

The primaries for voting centers that had not received ballots by early afternoon are expected to be rescheduled, while voting would continue elsewhere, the commission said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never seen on American soil something like what just has been done here in Puerto Rico. It\u2019s an embarrassment to our government and our people,\u201d said Pedro Pierluisi, who is running against Gov. Wanda V\u00e1zquez, to become the nominees for the pro-statehood New Progressive Party.<\/p>\n

The president of that party, Thomas Rivera Schatz, along with the president of the main opposition Popular Democratic Party, held a joint press conference and said they agreed that the remaining primaries should be held on Aug. 16. Other politicians argued that the entire primary be scrapp<\/a>ed and held at another date.<\/p>\n

An incredulous Schatz noted that there were still trucks with ballots inside parked at the commission\u2019s headquarters as they spoke there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is, why haven\u2019t they left?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of frustrated voters who wore the required face masks and braved a spike in COVID-19 cases were turned away from centers across Puerto Rico as officials told them that no ballots were available.<\/p>\n

The situation infuriated voters and politicians of all strip<\/a>es as they blamed Puerto Rico\u2019s elections commission and demanded an explanation for ballots reaching only a handful of voting centers by the afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is indignant, abusive and an attempt against the democracy of our country,\u201d said Marcos Cruz, mayor of the northern town of Vega Baja that was still awaiting ballots.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, officials from the island\u2019s two main parties scrambled to find solutions as they urged voters to still show up at centers that remained open.<\/p>\n

Yadira Pizarro, a 44-year-old teacher, ran out of patience at a shuttered voting center in Carolina where she had waited more than four hours under a blistering sun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot believe this. This is some serious negligence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

One of the most closely watched races on Sunday is that of the pro-statehood Progressive New Party, which pits two candidates who served as replacement governors following last year\u2019s political turmoil. V\u00e1zquez faces Pierluisi, who represented Puerto Rico in Congress from 2009 to 2017. Pierluisi briefly served as governor after Gov. Ricardo Rossell\u00f3 resigned in August 2019 following widespread street protests over a profanity-laced chat that was leaked and government corruption. But Puerto Rico\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that V\u00e1zquez, then the justice secretary, was constitutionally next in line because there was no secretary of state.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the main opposition Popular Democratic Party, which supports Puerto Rico\u2019s current political status as a US territory, is holding a primary for the first time in its 82-year history. Three people are vying to become governor \u2014 San Juan Mayor Carmen Yul\u00edn Cruz, known for her public spats with US President Donald Trump following the devastation of Hurricane Maria; Puerto Rico Sen. Eduardo Bhatia; and Carlos Delgado, mayor of the northwest coastal town of Isabela.<\/p>\n

The winning nominees of both parties will be among six gubernatorial candidates in November\u2019s general<\/a> election.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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