Legal Opinion
Partido Nuevo Progresista v. Gerineldo Barreto Perez, Administrator, Puerto Rico Elections Commission, Partido Popular Democratico, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 31, 1980No. Misc. 80-8094PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Hearing has been held upon the motion of intervenor-appellant, Partido Popular Democrático, for a stay of, and expedited appeal from, the district court’s order in litigation involving a constitutional challenge to the tallying of ballots cast for local offices in the Puerto Rico general election of November 4, 1980.
The plaintiff-appellee 1 is the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) which alleges that counting the ballots will tip the balance against its candidates in one or more closely contested races. The PNP maintains that the ballots were improperly marked and therefore invalid under the…
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