Puerto Rico Holds Second Voting Round After Chaotic Primaries

Puerto Rico Holds Second Voting Round After Chaotic Primaries
People walk pass by a banner urging visitors to wear face masks in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 20, 2020. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Thousands of Puerto Ricans on Sunday got a second chance to vote for the first time, a week after delayed and missing ballots marred the original primaries in a blow to the U.S. territory’s democracy.

More than 60 of the island’s 110 precincts opened following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that stated a second round of voting would take place at centers that never opened on Aug. 9 or did not remain open the required eight hours.