Nearly 200 Boxes of Uncounted Ballots Found a Week After Election in Puerto Rico

An inmate signs before casting his ballot during an early vote during the referendum for Puerto Rico political status at a prison in Bayamon on June 9, 2017. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly 200 boxes of uncounted ballots have been discovered in Puerto Rico, a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday.

“First, they said they found four boxes of uncounted votes. Then it was 50, and last night 100,” elections observer Fermin Arraiza told The New York Times. “I get there this morning, and it’s 115 boxes. Now, I think it’s 190.”