Election Day 2020 Puerto Rico

This was the sixth referendum held on the status of puerto rico with the previous one having taken place in 2017.

Election day 2020 puerto rico. Read about election day in puerto rico in 2020. But in what may be the biggest shake up of the 2020 election in puerto rico manuel natal a 34 year old liberal firebrand could become the next mayor of san juan. Sunday 9 august sunday 16 august 2020 general election.

The 2020 united states house of representatives election in puerto rico was held on november 3 2020 to elect the resident commissioner of puerto rico concurrently with the election of the governor the senate the house of representatives and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. Tuesday 3 november 2020. San juan the chairman of the puerto rico state elections commission cee by its spanish initials francisco rosado colomer said the completion of the initial portion of the ballot counting process called the night of the event count as it is the preliminary count of votes cast on election day is near and the.

The 2020 puerto rico gubernatorial election was held on november 3 2020 to elect the governor of puerto rico concurrently with the election of the resident commissioner the senate the house of representatives and the mayors of the 78 municipalities incumbent new progressive party governor wanda vázquez garced who succeeded to the governorship on august 7 2019 is eligible to run for a. By wednesday morning he was ahead of new progressive party candidate miguel romero by 429 voters with 95 of precincts reporting. Officials push through process despite over 200 000 mailed in votes.

Election day is a us state holiday observed on several states on the first tuesday after the first monday in november every even numbered year. Puerto rico elections for statewide offices and congress primary the 9 august primary was postedponed until 16 august re. Visitors to the island might be surprised to find that pr will have the dry law in effect from 6am to 6pm on tuesday 03 nov.

Ballots not available in all precincts. That means that alcohol cannot be sold served in restaurants stores bars etc between 6am to 6pm on election day. Incumbent new progressive party resident commissioner jenniffer gonzález was re elected to a second term in office.

October 13 2020 with the upcoming november 3 rd puerto rico general election fast approaching it is time for employers to make plans to facilitate their employees exercise of their voting rights while avoiding disruptions to their businesses. The 2020 puerto rican general election was held on november 3 2020 to elect the officials of the puerto rican government who will serve from january 2021 to january 2025 most notably the position of governor and resident commissioner in addition there was also a non binding status referendum to ask voters if puerto rico should become the 51st state of the union. It was announced by puerto rico governor wanda vázquez garced on may 16 2020.