SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —
Puerto Rico’s historic primaries were marred early Sunday by a lack of voting materials in a majority of centers across the U. …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s historic primaries were marred early Sunday by a lack of voting materials in a majority of centers across the U. S. territory that forced frustrated voters who braved a spike in COVID-19 cases to turn around and go back home. The situation infuriated voters and politicians alike as they blamed Puerto Rico’s election commission. “This is crass incompetence,” said Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, a former governor who is running to represent Puerto Rico in Congress. The election commission announced it would keep all affected voting centers open later than scheduled to guarantee a full eight hours of access as required. But many who stood in lines on Sunday morning were elderly people not expected to return to voting centers once they opened.
