Legal Opinion
Rosselló-González v. Calderón-Serra
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 28, 2005No. Nos. 04-2610, 04-2611, 04-2612, 04-2613PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge;
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge; and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico held general elections on November 2, 2004 for a variety of offices, including Governor and Resident Commissioner. Although over two million votes were cast, preliminary results indicate that the candidates from the ■ Popular Democratic Party (“PDP”) and the New Progressive Party (“NPP”), Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (“Acevedo”) and Pe*5dro Rosselló González (“Rosselló”), respectively, are separated by a very narrow margin — a few thousand votes. This extremely close election has raised…
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3Cited by152 opinions
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