P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4177
Any voter entitled to vote as an absentee voter in a specific election, as established in § 4176 of this title, shall cast his/her vote in accordance with the procedure provided by the Commission through regulations. Only those absentee ballots sent on or before an election, and received on or before the last day of general canvass for that election, shall be considered validly cast pursuant to this Section. The Commission shall establish through regulations the manner in which the mailing date of absentee ballots shall be validated.
It shall be understood that every applicant for absentee vote whose application is accepted has cast his/her vote, and it shall thus be notified to his/her polling place.
The Commission shall prepare an application for absentee vote, which shall be numbered consecutively at the time it is received at the Commission, and that together with the form provided by federal law, shall be the only ones authorized to be used.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 9.037.