Puerto Rico unearths uncounted ballots 1 week after election

[left-of-center2012]

Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it has discovered more than 100 briefcases containing uncounted ballots a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, drawing criticism and scorn from voters who now question the validity of the outcomes of certain races.

Francisco Rosado, the commission’s new president, said the briefcases were found in a secured vault and blamed the situation on what he said was an underfunded and understaffed administrative board responsible for counting a record number of absentee and early votes.

“We’ve identified, much to our regret, a disorganization in the handling of material in the vaults,” he said at a press conference. “Misplaced. Poorly organized. We have to admit that.”

Rosado said he didn’t know yet how many total votes are in the 126 briefcases, noting some contained three ballots and others 500 ballots. “Every vote will be counted,” he said. “I have to tell the people of Puerto Rico to trust the transparency of the process.”

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-puerto-rico-general-elections-elections-07bd09656b1af00ef6d9864ff35dc32d

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I kept hoping this was the Onion

[elleng]

2. ' disorganization ' ????

[OneBro]

3. "Underfunded and understaffed administrative board."

If that's true, the anger is misplaced. Still, though, how do ya miss 126 briefcases, apparently large enough to hold 500 ballots? Glad to know they are going to count them, though.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. There's a thing called chain of custody. Ballots or containers should never be out of public view.

Paper ballots go into ballot boxes which then remain visible to the public until the publicly visible counting.

[Bev54]

5. Is this a spoof?

Or is their local elections? If you do not tag it as such, people will believe this is in the presidential election, when they cannot vote for president.

[left-of-center2012]

6. "Is this a spoof?"

It's from AP, Associated Press.

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