P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4114
All political parties shall be entitled to nominate one candidate for each elective office to be voted on in a general election. No person may be a candidate for more than one party. Provided, That, should any vacancy arise in a candidacy, the party may fill the same as provided in this subtitle and said party’s regulations.
Political parties may assign the order of the candidates for senators and representatives-at-large on the ballots of the different election precincts pursuant to uniform and fair procedures regarding the distribution of said election precincts for such candidates. It shall be the duty of the Commission to order that the names of said candidates be printed on the ballot in the same order that they were certified by the party for the different precincts.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.004; Dec. 22, 2014, No. 239, § 28.