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Nogales denounces ‘scandal’ in which not all votes will be counted



Citizen Victory Movement Rep. Mariana Nogales Molinelli

By The Star Staff


Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) Rep. Mariana Nogales Molinelli on Wednesday thundered against State Elections Commission (SEC) Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera, who instructed SEC staff not to count the write-in votes for at-large House seats.


“It is incredible that the chairperson of the State Elections Commission has presented instructions contrary to the conversations with the commissioners,” the legislator stated in a video posted on her social networks. “I think I am going to show up there, and the scandal is going to be so big that the police should prepare to arrest me. I am sick of the cheating. I am sick of the inefficiency.”


In her statements, where she appeared upset by the instructions that she said were given in the SEC, she said that within 30 minutes of having made the statements through the live video, she would be presenting herself at SEC headquarters.


“You’re going to have to listen to me,” she said.


The post-election general scrutiny began Tuesday, but the work was suspended due to a disagreement over the counting of the ballots.


According to a document posted by Nogales, the SEC instructions specify that only box 10 will be counted, which corresponds to the at-large Senate seat. In this contest, in which at least 82,467 votes were counted, Nogales’ counterpart in the Senate, Rafael Bernabe, and environmental activist Eliezer Molina faced each other. Bernabe or Molina could win a seat if, during the vote count, they obtain more than 57,555 votes, which is the amount obtained by Roxanna I. Soto Aguilú of the New Progressive Party (NPP), who appears in the 11th and last position among those who would advance to occupy at-large seats.


In the contest for at-large House seats, some 29,145 votes were registered, an amount that, even if it were awarded in full to Nogales Molinelli, would be insufficient to advance. As of midday Wednesday, the 11th position was occupied by José Aponte Hernández of the NPP with 62,863 votes.

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