| Country: | Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 2020 Puerto Rican general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2028 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2028 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Time Zone: | AST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout: | 57.61% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Update: | Nov 8 2024 8:07PM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vote Type: | Popular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections,[1] [2] electing the governor, resident commissioner and members of the House of Representatives and Senate. A non-binding status referendum and a straw poll for the 2024 United States presidential election were held.[3]
Primaries were held on June 2, 2024, with incumbent Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón winning the New Progressive primary defeating incumbent Governor Pedro Pierluisi. [4] This continued the tradition of the Governor of Puerto Rico only serving one term that started with Governor Sila María Calderón and the Popular Democratic Party 20 years prior in the 2004 gubernatorial election.
Territorial representative and president of the Popular Democratic Party, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, would secure the party's nomination for Governor, defeating at-large territorial senator and former Puerto Rico Secretary of Treasury, Juan Zaragoza.
In September 2024, the American Civil Rights Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction, as well as a declaratory judgment, allowing potential voters to register, through October 6.[5] On October 1, the US District Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Rights Union (ACLU). The Court declined to intervene in Puerto Rico's electoral processes or grant the extraordinary remedy of a preliminary injunction. The American Civil Rights Union (ACLU) has failed to demonstrate that the September 21 voter registration deadline constitutes an unconstitutional disenfranchisement, or a manifest injustice, that justifies the intrusion of the United States federal government, into the election administration of the State of Puerto Rico.[6]
On October 7, 2024, the New Progressive Party (PNP) requested the court to order the State Commission on Elections to “immediately validate all applications for mail-in and advance ballots” that were not processed within two business days.[7] However, shortly after, the PNP canceled his trial in which he requested the vote by correspondence without verification, and processed in cash, while his hearing was already scheduled.[8]
On October 8, 2024, Electoral Commissioner Aníbal Vega Borges requested the court to immediately validate all applications for postal and advance voting received and not processed within the established deadline.[9]
The State Commission on Elections received approximately 142,000 early voting applications.[10] The Comission's plenary session had agreed to start counting early votes on 11 October, but that date was aborted after the sending of such votes was delayed by more than a week. There is no official date for the start of counting of this vote.[11]
On October 15, 2024, the State Commission on Elections authorized the participation of the American Civil Liberties Union as election observers in the polls.[12]
On October 16, 2024, the Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow appointed the Chief of the Financial Fraud and Corruption Section, Assistant United States Attorney Seth Erbe, to oversee elections, the appointed attorney, handles complaints regarding voting rights, threats of violence against election officials or staff, and voter fraud, on election day.[13]
On October 22, 2024, the PNP filed a complaint against members of the Spanish; Castilian: [[Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana]]|italic=no, for alleged violation of the electoral code, after having created an electronic platform for searching for voter numbers.[14]
On October 28, 2024, the State Commission on Elections accepted a request from the Popular Democratic Party for the Absentee and Early Voting Administrative Board to review envelopes containing early mail-in voting ballots, where the legitimacy of the process was called into question.[15]
On November 4, 2024, the Puerto Rican Independence Party, the Spanish; Castilian: [[Proyecto Dignidad]]|italic=no and the Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana|italic=no, request the State Commission on Elections that once the general elections are over, a recount of all early ballots be conducted to ensure that all marks made by the voter have been counted correctly.[16] On the same day, a judge of the San Juan Court of First Instance ordered the State Commission on Elections to continue "without interruption" the counting of early votes, thus opening the door to the process taking place without the presence of representatives of all the conflicting parties.[17]
On November 26, 2024, the PPD party requested an investigation by the State Election Commission (SEC) into allegations of irregularities regarding votes cast by mail, after alleged irregularities were detected in early voting sent by mail by voters.[18]
On November 27, 2024, the San Juan District Court ordered the Puerto Rico State Electoral Commission (CEE) to count the mail-in votes of some voters who voted anonymously. The CEE will have to count and assign hundreds of ballots from voters even if they reside in the United States and not Puerto Rico, and others who voted in Puerto Rico, including the envelope of those who did not request early or mail-in voting or those who have died in the meantime since the election.[19]
On December 3, 2024, the Citizen Victory Movement denounces the irregularities and attacks that tarnish the transparency of these elections, it also denounces the State Electoral Commission (CEE) in the voting process, it also denounces the order to count postal votes without validating the exact address of the voters.[20]
See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.
See main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico.
See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico Senate election. Elections for the Senate of Puerto Rico were held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[21] Primaries were held on June 2, 2024.[4]
See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election. Elections for the Puerto Rico House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[22] Primaries were held on June 2, 2024.[4]
See main article: 2024 Puerto Rican municipal elections.
See main article: 2024 Puerto Rican status referendum.
See main article: 2024 United States presidential straw poll in Puerto Rico.