Nearly 200 boxes of uncounted ballots have been discovered in Puerto Rico, a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday. “First, they said they found four boxes of uncounted votes. Then it was 50, and last night 100,” elections observer Fermin Arraiza told The New York Times. “I get there this morning, and it’s 115 boxes. Now, I think it’s 190.”
The uncounted ballots were uncovered in a secured vault, according to the commission’s new president Francisco Rosado, who blamed the “disorganization” on what he said was an underfunded and understaffed administrative board in charge of counting a record number of early and absentee votes. “We’ve identified, much to our regret, a disorganization in the handling of material in the vaults,” he told reporters at a press briefing. “Misplaced. Poorly organized. We have to admit that.” More than 220,000 absentee and early votes …
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