P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 1348
Every affiliated political party shall be entitled to designate electoral representatives and alternate electoral representatives to conduct their electoral affairs before the Chairman of the Commonwealth Election Commission.
Said representatives shall be selected as provided by the regulations of the affiliated political party they represent and shall be persons of good moral reputation, duly qualified electors, shall have resided in Puerto Rico during the four (4) years prior to their designation and shall be knowledgeable about electoral affairs.
The alternate representatives shall carry out the duties of the representatives in case of absence, disability, resignation, death, removal from office by the political party in question, or when for any other reason the position becomes vacant, and until the electoral representative returns to his duties or a new designation is made.
Every presidential candidate shall appoint his electoral representative through designation which shall be filed before the Commonwealth Elections Commission and the Secretary of the affiliated party. In each stage of the balloting and canvassing procedures all the candidates shall be entitled to be duly represented according to the provisions of the Puerto Rico Electoral Act.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 28; Oct. 3, 1983, No. 34, p. 5, § 11; renumbered as § 25 on Mar. 15, 1984, No. 2, p. 448, § 15; renumbered as § 24 and amended on July 2, 1987, No. 89, p. 347, § 11.