Officials in Puerto Rico rejected a petition to extend a voter registration deadline following an outcry over long lines formed by those seeking to participate in this year’s general election.
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Hundreds of people have stood in daylong lines to register for the election in recent weeks as the U.S. Caribbean territory’s two main parties, which have long dominated the political scene, face stiff challenges from other parties. Puerto Rico’s state elections commission has come under fire in recent days as critics note that tens of thousands of electronically registered voters have yet to be recorded.
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