By The Star Staff
Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Electoral Commissioner Karla Angleró González and Alternate Commissioner Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz Maldonado earlier this week requested an investigation from the interim president of the State Election Commission Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera earlier this week into alleged irregularities detected in early voting by mail.
The PDP commissioners presented a list of 41 registered voters in precincts 67 and 113 of Santa Isabel who requested early vote by mail.
“It is highly suspicious to us that the ballots of all these voters were requested to the same address. PO BOX 1508, Santa Isabel, 0075, despite the fact that the voters live in different places in the municipal jurisdiction,” Angleró said. “This situation brings up serious doubts since contradictory persons with different residential addresses have requested their ballots be sent to the same postal address.”
In the petition, the PDP official requested that the voter envelopes that that have not yet been validated be put in safe custody until the situation has been clarified -- until a board contacts the voters involved to corroborate the legitimacy of the requests and resolves any doubts related to the process -- and that the SEC chairwoman issues a detailed report to the electoral commissioners on the irregularities detected in order that an appropriate decision can be made.
Cruz added that in addition to the Santa Isabel situation, the PDP has detected three other cases that raise questions.
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