P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4152
The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot from left to right, beginning with the candidates of the political party whose candidate for Governor polled the majority of votes in the preceding general election. It shall continue with the candidates of the political party that came in second; and so on, in the order of votes polled, until the candidates of all political parties that participated in the preceding general election and remained registered are placed.
Then, the candidates of parties by petition and local parties by petition shall appear in the order in which they completed their registration, and afterwards, independent candidates in the order in which they completed the requirements for their certification. On the right side of the ballot, there shall be a blank space for each elective public office where voters may write in the name of a person they wish to elect for a particular office included on said ballot.
The ballot shall also have the insignia of each political party participating in the election, which shall appear in the same order provided herein for the candidates of each political party.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.012.