P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4199
After the Commission has received the election material bags, it shall proceed to carry out a general canvass. The person who shall be in charge of the general canvass shall be selected by the Chair, but shall require the unanimous ratification of the Election Commissioners.
During the general canvass, only the protested, challenged, unadjudicated, provisional, and absentee ballots received during the general election shall be handled. These ballots shall be evaluated by the Commission in order to be either adjudicated or voided. Once the general canvass begins, it shall continue until it is completed.
The general canvass of the election shall be conducted by using the tally sheet and every other document used in the course of the election. The Commission shall correct all arithmetical errors there may be on the tally sheets, and shall count such tally sheets as they have been corrected.
If the Commission fails to correct an error found on a tally sheet, or if there were any discrepancies regarding the number of voters and the number of ballots canvassed at the polling place, a recount of all the ballots of such polling place shall be conducted pursuant to § 4200 of this title.
The results of the general canvass of an election, as declared by the Commission and published by the Chair, shall be final, unless contested within the terms provided by this subtitle.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 10.009; Nov. 21, 2011, No. 230, § 33.