P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4150
The Commission shall direct the preparation of ballots corresponding to each precinct, after having approved their design and content, on or before fifty-five (55) days before a general election.
Sample ballots of those to be used at each polling place on election day shall also be printed, both in Spanish and English. These sample ballots shall be printed on a type of paper different from that of the official ballots and shall be distributed at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election. These ballots shall be delivered to the Election Commissioners of the political parties in the amounts approved through regulations. In the case of parties by petition, local parties by petition, and independent candidates, the proportion to be delivered shall be equal to twenty percent (20%) of the petitions lawfully required for registration in the geographic delimitation where they wish to appear on the ballot in a general election.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.010.