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IMPORTANT: Voting laws change frequently. Always verify information with official government sources before acting. This guide was last updated: 2026-09-07. If you find an error, report it immediately.

Jurisdiction Type: Territory

Puerto Rico runs its own election system, on its own four-year calendar. Almost nothing in a mainland state guide transfers directly. Two facts govern everything below.

1. There is no territory-wide election in Puerto Rico on November 3, 2026. Under Article 9.1 of the Electoral Code of Puerto Rico of 2020 (Ley 58-2020), general elections are held every four years, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The last one was November 5, 2024. The next one is Tuesday, November 7, 2028. Nothing is on a territory-wide ballot in 2026 — no Governor, no Legislative Assembly, no mayors, no Resident Commissioner, no referendum. Individual municipalities can still hold special elections to fill a vacancy (see below), and those have their own separate dates and rules.

2. Puerto Rico has no vote for President and no U.S. Senators. Residents of the island are U.S. citizens by birth, but they cast no electoral votes in the presidential general election. Puerto Rico is represented in the U.S. House by a single Resident Commissioner, who may vote in committee but not on final passage on the House floor. The Resident Commissioner is the only member of the U.S. House elected to a four-year term — unlike the Delegates from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the District of Columbia, who serve two years. The seat is filled at the general election, so it is not on any 2026 ballot. Pablo José Hernández Rivera took office on January 3, 2025 and his term runs to January 3, 2029.

Language: Spanish is the working language of election administration in Puerto Rico. The Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE) publishes primarily in Spanish, and its Spanish pages are more complete and more current than any English version. Election forms for advance and absentee voting are required by law to exist in both Spanish and English. Spanish-language sources are cited throughout this guide because they are the authoritative ones.

Table of Contents

  1. Voter Registration
  2. Birth Certificates
  3. Proof of Citizenship Documents
  4. How to Vote
  5. Voting Laws & Legal Resources
  6. If You Are Denied the Right to Vote
  7. Resources & Contacts

Voter Registration

Same-Day Registration: NO — you must be registered and active before the day of a vote.

Registration Deadline: The electoral registry closes **50 days before a general election or a primary (Article 5.11 of Ley 58-2020, as amended by Ley 39-2026**). For any other kind of vote — a special election, a plebiscite — the CEE may set a shorter period. **Because there is no territory-wide election in 2026, there is no 2026 registration deadline.** Applying the 50-day rule to the November 7, 2028 general election puts the close of the registry on or about September 18, 2028; the CEE will publish the binding date in its official 2028 electoral calendar, which has not yet been issued.

Registration is otherwise continuous. Juntas de Inscripción Permanente (JIP) process registrations, reactivations, transfers and relocations year-round, and so does the online eRE system. There is no closed season — the 50-day rule only cuts off transactions ahead of a specific vote.

Photo ID Required to Register: Yes — a current photo ID issued by a state, municipal or federal government, plus the last four digits of your Social Security number. Proof of U.S. citizenship is also required (see Proof of Citizenship Documents below). Accepted IDs: U.S. Passport or Passport Card, REAL ID-compliant card, U.S. Global Entry card, U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. Merchant Marine identification, Puerto Rico driver’s license issued by DTOP, Puerto Rico REAL ID.

Eligibility: U.S. citizen, domiciled in Puerto Rico, 18 years old on or before the day of the vote, and not judicially declared incapacitated.

Registration Links

Notes: Puerto Rico does not offer registration by mail. You register either in person at a JIP or online through eRE, where you upload electronic images of your identity, address and citizenship documents. eRE handles every transaction a JIP does except issuing the voter ID card itself — for the Tarjeta de Identificación Electoral you must visit a JIP, where you are photographed. JIP offices work Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Call 787-777-8682 extension 2362 for JIP locations.

The inactivity rule catches people out. If you did not vote in the last two general elections, your record goes inactive and you cannot vote until you reactivate it, at a JIP or through eRE. With no election in 2026, there is a long runway to fix this before 2028 — but the reactivation has to actually be done.

The 60-day rule. Anyone who files a registration application within 60 days before the close of the registry must also submit a certified copy of their birth certificate plus evidence of their home address, on top of the ordinary requirements.

Address proof accepted by eRE: a water, electricity, internet, television or telephone bill, a Puerto Rico driver’s license, or a Puerto Rico REAL ID.

Birth Certificates

A birth certificate may be needed to prove citizenship or obtain other identity documents.

Issuing Agency: Puerto Rico Department of Health Demographic Registry (Registro Demográfico) Fee: $5.00 for the first copy, $10.00 for each additional copy. Puerto Rico residents aged 60 or older, and Puerto Rico resident veterans requesting a certificate for official use, are entitled to one free copy per year; additional copies cost $10.00. Veterans and people 60 or older who live outside Puerto Rico pay the ordinary $5.00 / $10.00 fees. Standard Processing Time: 5 to 10 working days through PR.gov; 12 to 14 working days through VitalChek Expedited Option: VitalChek express shipping, at additional cost

How to Request

00910-1854

  • By Phone: 787-765-2929 (extensions 6100, 6131, 6162, 6286, 6103)

Notes: Include a photocopy of a valid government-issued photo ID with mail requests. Pay by money order made out to the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, or with Internal Revenue stamps — personal checks are not accepted. A maximum of three copies per year may be requested. If you were born before June 21, 1931, request the certificate from the local registry of the municipality where you were born, not from the central office. VitalChek adds an $11.00 processing fee plus shipping.

Proof of Citizenship Documents

You may need proof of citizenship to register to vote or to obtain a REAL ID.

Puerto Rico requires documentary proof of citizenship at registration, and has for years. This is territory law under its own Electoral Code — it is not the recent mainland wave of documentary-proof-of-citizenship legislation, and none of the mainland mechanics apply here. There is no “federal-only ballot” in Puerto Rico, because the only federal office on the ballot is the Resident Commissioner, elected on the same territory-wide ballot as every other office. A registrant who cannot produce a citizenship document is not given a partial ballot; the registration simply does not complete until the document is produced.

The federal litigation over mail-ballot deadlines and over state voter-registration data that is running through the 50 states and the District of Columbia does not reach Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is not a party to it, and nothing in it changes the rules below.

Accepted Documents

If you were born in Puerto Rico:

  • Puerto Rico birth certificate in the security format issued on or after July 1, 2010

**If you were born in Washington DC, a U.S. state, or a U.S. territory other than Puerto Rico or American Samoa:**

  • Birth certificate
  • U.S. Passport
  • U.S. Passport Card

If you were born in a foreign country or in American Samoa:

  • Certificate of Citizenship
  • Certification of Birth Abroad / Consular Report of Birth Abroad
  • Certificate of Naturalization
  • U.S. Passport (not expired)
  • U.S. Passport Card (not expired)

If you are a naturalized citizen, you may instead present a certification issued by the U.S. Department of State attesting to your naturalization, or a U.S. Passport valid at the time you file.

How to Obtain Citizenship Proof

At a JIP you hand the document over, an official copies or records it, and **it is returned to you** — you do not surrender originals. Through eRE you attach an electronic image of the document to your application. For U.S. passport services in Puerto Rico, contact the Puerto Rico Department of State passport offices; appointments are required.

For US Citizens Abroad

U.S. citizens abroad can use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) through the Federal Voting Assistance Program. Use the most secure transmission method available when submitting identity documents by email or online.

Notes: Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 were invalidated by Ley 191-2009 with effect from October 30, 2010, and are not accepted as proof of citizenship for voter registration or for a U.S. passport application. Only certificates issued on or after July 1, 2010 are valid. This does not affect anyone who already holds a valid U.S. passport.

How to Vote

Voting in Person

Photo ID Required: Yes — but a voter without one is not turned away. See the note on “Añadidos a Mano” below. Accepted IDs: Tarjeta de Identificación Electoral (TIE, the CEE voter ID card), any card issued under the REAL ID Act of 2005, U.S. Passport, U.S. Global Entry card, U.S. Armed Forces identification, U.S. Merchant Marine identification, or a Puerto Rico driver’s license issued by DTOP. Polls Open: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in a general election (Article 9.32 of Ley 58-2020, as amended by Ley 39-2026, which moved the closing hour from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Article 9.32 is titled Horario de Votación y Fila Cerrada — the “closed line” procedure for voters already waiting when the polls close is set out in CEE regulation for each vote; confirm the details with the CEE for the specific election you are voting in. Find Your Polling Place — check your precinct and voting centre through your eRE record, or at your JIP.

Step-by-Step Guide:

  1. Step 1: Confirm your record is active in the Registro General de Electores, through

eRE or your JIP. An inactive record must be reactivated before you can vote.

  1. Step 2: Bring your Tarjeta de Identificación Electoral or another authorized photo ID.
  2. Step 3: Go to your assigned voting centre between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
  3. Step 4: Present your ID, sign the voting list, and have your finger inked.
  4. Step 5: Receive your ballots and vote. You may vote a straight party ballot (*voto

íntegro), a mixed ballot (voto mixto), by individual candidate (voto por candidatura*), or by write-in (nominación directa).

  1. Step 6: Feed your ballots into the electronic scanner, which tells you whether your marks

registered as you intended.

If your name is not on the list, or you have no ID: ask for the “Añadidos a Mano” college. This is Puerto Rico’s equivalent of a provisional ballot. A voter who claims the right to vote but does not appear on the voting lists, and a voter who cannot show an authorized photo ID, votes at the Colegio de Añadidos a Mano (hand-added voters’ college). The ballot is sealed and then evaluated, adjudicated or rejected during the Escrutinio General (the general canvass) after election day. Do not leave without voting this way.

Accessibility. The CEE operates Colegios de Fácil Acceso (easy-access colleges), and supplies braille templates, magnifiers, removable ramps and booths sized for wheelchairs and walkers. Voters may bring their own assistive technology into the voting centre. A voter may ask, in advance, to be assigned to the easy-access college at their own voting centre. There is also a Voto por Teléfono (vote by phone) modality for voters at home or at an easy-access college.

Voting by Mail

Puerto Rico has two separate mail paths, and neither is no-excuse mail voting. Which one applies depends on whether you will be in Puerto Rico on the day of the vote.

Voto Adelantado (advance voting) — for voters who will be in Puerto Rico.

Excuse Required: Yes — you must affirm, under the legal weight of an oath, that you fall into one of the categories in Article 9.37 of Ley 58-2020 as amended by Ley 39-2026:

  • Elector en Trabajo — working on the day of the vote
  • Elector Cuidador Único — sole caregiver
  • Elector Hospitalizado — hospitalized
  • Elector Candidato — a candidate
  • Elector Viajero — will be outside Puerto Rico for any reason on the day of the vote
  • Elector con Impedimento Físico — uses a wheelchair, crutches or other mobility equipment,

or has an evident limitation in moving on their legs

  • Elector con Voto de Fácil Acceso en Domicilio — homebound by a medical condition, or aged

80 or over

  • Elector en Casa de Alojamiento — resident of a care home
  • Elector Confinado — incarcerated
  • Elector de Cincuenta (50) Años o más — aged 50 or over. This category was added by Ley

39-2026 and is new.

Application Deadline: on or before 50 days before the day of the vote (Article 9.38). For votes other than a general election or primary, the CEE may set a shorter period. Forms are published on the CEE website, at JIP offices, and electronically, in Spanish and English. One application per voter — grouped applications are not accepted, although someone else may physically deliver your form.

Ballot Return Deadline: two rules apply at once, and you must satisfy both. Voted advance ballots must be postmarked no later than the day of the vote through the U.S. Postal Service or another authorized carrier, and must be **received by the Commission on or before the last day of the Escrutinio General** (the general canvass). A ballot postmarked in time but arriving after the canvass closes is not counted.

Hand delivery bypasses the mail entirely. Ley 39-2026 requires the CEE to set up collection points (puntos de acopio) at JIP, JIT and JAVAA offices where voted advance ballots may be dropped off — by the voter or by another person — and these accept ballots until the polls close on the day of the vote. These are staffed offices, not unattended drop boxes. This is the strongest hedge against postal delay for anyone voting advance from inside Puerto Rico.

Return postage is paid by the Commission on advance ballots mailed back through the same carrier the Commission used to send them.

Request an Advance or Absentee Ballot (JAVAA) — download the form, complete and sign it, and email it to java@cee.pr.gov, or file it at a JIP.

Step-by-Step Guide:

  1. Step 1: Confirm you are registered and active, and that you fall in one of the categories

above.

  1. Step 2: Download the JAVAA application, complete it in full, and sign it.
  2. Step 3: Submit it to java@cee.pr.gov or at a JIP, on or before the 50-day deadline.
  3. Step 4: When the ballots arrive, vote them and **enclose a copy of your Tarjeta de

Identificación Electoral or another valid authorized photo ID**.

  1. Step 5: Return them postmarked no later than the day of the vote, or hand them in at a

JIP, JIT or JAVAA collection point before the polls close.

Ballot cure. If you forget to enclose the copy of your ID, the Commission must notify you immediately, and you may fix it by sending the copy to the Commission or delivering it to the JIP of your precinct on or before the last day of the Escrutinio General. The copy may be sent electronically, and another person you authorize may deliver it for you. **Notarization and witnesses are prohibited** — no one may require them as a condition of advance voting.

If your ballot never arrives, contact JAVAA at 787-764-5601 or java@cee.pr.gov. JAVAA will check when it was mailed and may authorize a second mailing.

Voting by Absentee Ballot

Voto Ausente — for voters who will be physically outside Puerto Rico.

Excuse Required: Yes. You must be domiciled in Puerto Rico, active in the registry, and physically outside Puerto Rico on the day of the vote, and fall in one of the categories in Article 9.34 of Ley 58-2020 as amended by Ley 39-2026:

  • Active-duty members of the Armed Forces, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, NOAA, or the

Puerto Rico National Guard

  • Students enrolled at an accredited institution outside Puerto Rico
  • Workers in the Agricultural Employment Program under a contract processed by the Puerto

Rico Department of Labor

  • Personnel in the U.S. diplomatic or foreign aid service, or in a personnel exchange

programme with a foreign government

  • Spouses, children and dependent relatives living under the same roof as anyone in the four

categories above

  • Commercial airline crew, merchant mariners, and crew of private air or sea transport whose

duties keep them away

  • People confined in penal institutions in the United States who were sentenced in Puerto

Rico courts or the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico and were domiciled in Puerto Rico when sentenced

  • Employees or officials of the Government of Puerto Rico or its municipalities who are

outside Puerto Rico on official duty

  • Athletes and technical support staff in competition or training abroad, certified by the

Puerto Rico or U.S. Olympic Committee or a federation

  • Professionals and their household who reside in Puerto Rico but are posted abroad

temporarily for work or study, for no more than eleven months

  • Anyone whose employer requires them to work outside the island on the day of the vote and

does not give them paid leave to return to vote

  • Anyone receiving medical treatment outside Puerto Rico for a catastrophic illness,

certified by the treating institution, and any relative or companion accompanying them

Application Deadline: on or before 50 days before the day of the vote (Article 9.35). Unlike an advance-voting application, an absentee application **must be accompanied by evidence** supporting the category you claim.

Delivery method: you may choose printed ballots by U.S. Postal Service or an authorized carrier, or electronic transmission over the internet. The Commission’s chosen carrier must provide a tracking number, and you may elect certified mail or tracked mail. **Voted absentee ballots are returned by mail to the Commission** following its specifications — the statute provides the JIP/JAVAA collection points for advance ballots, not for absentee ballots, so if you are voting from abroad plan around postal transit time.

Return Deadline: postmarked no later than the day of the vote, and received on or before the last day of the Escrutinio General.

Absentee Ballot Application (JAVAA) — java@cee.pr.gov, 787-764-5601

Military and overseas voters protected by federal UOCAVA law should also use the FVAP Puerto Rico guide and the Federal Post Card Application. The Electoral Code expressly authorizes the CEE to adopt whatever measures are needed to guarantee those federal rights.

Early Voting

In-person early voting is available, but only to specific categories of voter.

Voto Adelantado Presencial was created by Ley 39-2026 (new Article 9.41). It is open to:

  • Any voter who is 50 years old or over at the time of the general election or primary
  • Any voter with a physical disability or who is blind, who uses a wheelchair, crutches or

other mobility equipment, or has an evident limitation in moving on their legs

Advance request required — it is requested the same way as any other advance vote, on or before the 50-day deadline. It is not walk-up early voting open to the general electorate.

Window: the CEE sets an in-person early voting period that **begins no more than 15 days before the day of the vote and ends no fewer than 2 days before it**. The exact dates are set by the CEE for each election. Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., including weekends. Locations: voting centres established by the CEE in public state or municipal facilities, or in private facilities the CEE enables, provided free of charge.

Voters using this modality cast their ballot directly into the electronic scanning machine at the time of voting, with the same secrecy, security and transparency guarantees as election day.

Voting Laws & Legal Resources

Puerto Rico’s elections are governed by the Código Electoral de Puerto Rico de 2020 (Ley 58-2020), as amended, and administered by the Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE) — a body whose Electoral Commissioners are designated by the certified political parties, with a President appointed separately. Local Commissions and Juntas de Inscripción Permanente operate at precinct level. This structure has no direct mainland analogue.

The party system is Puerto Rico’s own. The principal parties are the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP), the Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC) and Proyecto Dignidad (PD). They are organized around Puerto Rico’s political status question, not around the mainland Democratic and Republican parties, although individual figures affiliate with mainland parties as well. Ballots allow a straight-party vote, a mixed vote across parties, a vote for an individual candidate, or a write-in — a genuinely different ballot structure from most states.

Turnout has historically been very high. More than 80% of registered voters turned out in Puerto Rico’s general elections through the 1990s and 2000s — roughly 82% in 2000, far above mainland rates. Participation has fallen since: **55.0% of registered voters in 2020 and 64.5% in 2024** (1,987,317 registered; about 1.28 million ballots cast). Even after that decline, the island’s participation rate compares favourably with most U.S. states, and it is achieved on a single election day with no walk-up early voting.

Voting rights are not lost through incarceration. People who are confined retain the right to vote in Puerto Rico, and the Electoral Code provides a specific Elector Confinado advance-voting category for them, cast before an electoral balance board.

Municipal special elections still happen in a non-election year. When a mayor dies or a seat falls vacant mid-term, the party that held the seat runs a process under its own rules to select the successor, with the CEE administering the polling. The mayoralty of Cataño, vacant since the death of Mayor Julio Alicea Vasallo on August 13, 2026, is being filled at a special election on Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., open to Cataño voters. These events are governed by the sponsoring party’s regulations as well as the Electoral Code — check with the CEE and with the party before assuming you are eligible.

Recent Law Changes

  • March 10, 2026 — Ley 39-2026 (from Senate Bill 717) substantially amended the 2020

Electoral Code.

  • Impact: Set a uniform close of the electoral registry at 50 days before a general

election or primary; moved the general-election poll closing time from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; created Voto Adelantado Presencial, in-person early voting for voters aged 50 and over and for voters with physical disabilities, and lowered the age for advance voting by mail to 50; required 40 JIP offices to support the new modality; required collection points at JIP, JIT and JAVAA offices where voted advance ballots may be handed in until the polls close; required tracking numbers on ballot mailings; and added an explicit cure process for an advance ballot returned without the required copy of a photo ID. Minority legislators objected that the bill passed quickly and without multi-party consensus.

  • October 30, 2010 — Ley 191-2009 invalidated all Puerto Rico birth certificates issued

before July 1, 2010.

  • Impact: Anyone still holding an old certificate must obtain a new security-format one

before it can be used to register to vote or apply for a passport.

Voting Rights Law Firms

Puerto Rico’s election litigation is largely handled by local election-law practitioners and by the parties’ own Electoral Commissioners, not by mainland firms. For a voter with a problem, the free resources below are the right first call.

Spanish, including on birth certificates and identity documents

litigation, including voting access

If You Are Denied the Right to Vote

Know your rights. You have the right to vote if you are eligible. If you are not on the list or have no ID, do NOT leave — ask to vote at the Colegio de Añadidos a Mano.

Denied Enroute to the Polling Place

  1. Step 1: Document the specific issue preventing you from reaching your voting centre.
  2. Step 2: Call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683), or the Spanish-language line

888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682), to report the problem and get assistance.

  1. Step 3: Contact the Comisión Estatal de Elecciones at 787-777-8682, or your Comisión Local

de Precinto, about access or transportation barriers.

Resources:

Emergency Contacts:

  • Election Protection Hotline 866-687-8683 — Call or text for voting problems
  • Línea en español (VE Y VOTA) 888-839-8682 — Spanish-language voter assistance

Denied at the Polling Place

  1. Step 1: Ask the college officials to check your status in the Registro General de

Electores and confirm you are at the right voting centre.

  1. Step 2: **If you are not on the list, or you have no authorized photo ID, ask to vote at

the Colegio de Añadidos a Mano.** This is your right under the Electoral Code. Your ballot will be adjudicated during the Escrutinio General.

  1. Step 3: If you are still refused, call 866-687-8683 or 888-839-8682 immediately.
  2. Step 4: Write down the official’s name and the exact reason given.
  3. Step 5: Report it to the CEE and to your party’s Electoral Commissioner, who has standing

inside the process.

Provisional Ballot: Puerto Rico’s equivalent is the voto añadido a mano. Any person claiming the right to vote whose name does not appear on the voting lists, and any voter who cannot present an authorized photo ID, votes at the Colegio de Añadidos a Mano. The ballot is evaluated, adjudicated or rejected during the Escrutinio General, not at the polling place.

Resources:

Emergency Contacts:

  • Election Protection Hotline 866-687-8683 — Immediate help for polling place problems
  • Línea en español (VE Y VOTA) 888-839-8682 — Immediate help in Spanish

Mail Ballot Denied or Not Received

  1. Step 1: Contact the Junta Administrativa de Voto Ausente y Adelantado (JAVAA) at

787-764-5601 or java@cee.pr.gov to confirm whether and when your ballots were mailed.

  1. Step 2: If JAVAA confirms your ballots did not reach you, **you have the right to a second

mailing** — request it.

  1. Step 3: If you returned your ballot without the required copy of your photo ID, send or

deliver the copy to the Commission or to your precinct JIP before the last day of the Escrutinio General. Someone you authorize may deliver it for you.

  1. Step 4: If you are inside Puerto Rico and time is short, hand your voted advance ballot in

at a JIP, JIT or JAVAA collection point before the polls close instead of mailing it.

  1. Step 5: If you are still blocked, call 866-687-8683 or 888-839-8682.

Resources:

Emergency Contacts:

  • JAVAA 787-764-5601 — Advance and absentee ballot problems
  • Election Protection Hotline 866-687-8683 — For mail voting assistance

Absentee Ballot Denied

  1. Step 1: Contact JAVAA at java@cee.pr.gov or 787-764-5601 to check the status of your

application.

  1. Step 2: If it was denied for lack of supporting evidence, supply the evidence for the

category you claimed — absentee applications, unlike advance ones, require it.

  1. Step 3: Remember that at the point of application no official may question you, interrogate

you or demand documents on an advance-vote application. Documents may only be demanded where the Commission or an interested party presents documentary evidence that your sworn statement is false.

  1. Step 4: If you are eligible and still denied, document the reason and call 866-687-8683.

Resources:

Emergency Contacts:

  • JAVAA 787-764-5601 — For absentee voting issues
  • Election Protection Hotline 866-687-8683 — For legal assistance with denied absentee ballots

Denied During Early Voting

  1. Step 1: Confirm you are in an eligible category — in-person early voting is limited to

voters aged 50 or over and voters with qualifying physical disabilities, and requires a prior application.

  1. Step 2: Contact JAVAA at 787-764-5601 to verify your application was approved.
  2. Step 3: If you were approved and still turned away, document the denial and call

866-687-8683 or 888-839-8682.

  1. Step 4: Report it to the CEE at 787-777-8682.

Resources:

Emergency Contacts:

  • Election Protection Hotline 866-687-8683 — For early voting access problems

Resources & Contacts

Official Territory Resources

195552, Hato Rey, PR 00919-5552; 550 Ave. Arterial B, Edificio Administrativo, Hato Rey

transfer, and check your record

National Voting Rights Resources

News Organizations to Contact

Social Media Contacts

Sources

This guide was compiled from the following sources:

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Last Updated: 2026-09-07 | Generated by Patriot Agent Voting Rights Knowledge Base

Verify all information with official government sources before acting.

Corrections

Correction [2026-09-08]: Gave Puerto Rico’s registry-closing period as 45 days. Article 5.11 of Ley 58-2020, as amended by Ley 39-2026, closes the electoral registry 50 days before a general election or primary. Source: https://ww2.ceepur.org/.

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