Even though the Puerto Rican population in New York City has declined, candidates for mayor are still vying for their votes. The upcoming November 4 election is shaping up to be historic: for the first time, a socialist candidate of Indian and Muslim descent, Zohran Mamdani, could be elected mayor.
On Election Day in Puerto Rico, voting equipment malfunctioned repeatedly — failing to turn on, shutting down unexpectedly, misreading ballot markings, and frequently jamming. Just a month earlier, the CEE had assured the public that similar issues encountered during the primaries last June had been resolved.
The alternate president of the State Elections Commission (CEE), Jessika Padilla Rivera, could not specify how many deceased or incapacitated individuals have been removed from the electoral lists.
Among Pennsylvania’s nearly half a million Puerto Ricans, a key voting bloc in the upcoming presidential election, some have switched parties, others remain undecided, and many remain disengaged from the political process.
