2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 3 - Primaries (§§ 1001 — 1353) › Chapter 115 - Compulsory Presidential Primaries (1979 Act) › § 1322 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Chairman. — Shall mean the Chairman of the Commonwealth Elections Commission as such office was created by Act No. 4 of December 20, 1977, known as the “Puerto Rico Electoral Act”.
(b) Candidate to delegate or alternate delegate. — Shall mean every person who complies with the requirements provided in this chapter and the regulations of the national party in order to aspire to such position.
(c) Presidential candidate or candidate to the Presidency. — Shall mean every person who, having fulfilled the standards, rules, regulations and requirements of the national party to which he belongs, and the applicable provisions of this chapter, aspires to obtain the nomination as candidate to the Presidency of the United States for the party in question.
(d) National nominating convention. — Shall mean the assembly or meeting held by a national party to nominate the person who shall be their candidate to the Presidency of the United States in the presidential election following said convention.
(e) Delegate. — Shall mean that person who has been duly selected pursuant to this chapter to attend the national nominating convention of the party in question.
(f) Committed delegate. — Shall mean that delegate to the national nominating convention who is committed to vote for a specific aspirant for the presidential candidacy on the first ballot.
(g) Uncommitted delegate. — Shall be that delegate who is not part of any group of delegates and is not committed to vote for a specific candidate to the presidential nomination.
(h) Group of delegates. — Shall mean a group of persons that belong to an affiliated political party, that wish to appear jointly as candidates for delegates or alternate delegates committed to a presidential candidate, or an uncommitted candidate, and under a common name.
(i) Congressional district. — Shall mean the geographical demarcation known as a senatorial district, which the Constitutional Board of Review for the Electoral Districts has established for Puerto Rico for electoral purposes.
(j) Elector. — Shall mean every person duly registered to vote in Puerto Rico pursuant to the provisions of the Electoral Act, Act No. 4 of December 20, 1977.
(k) Electoral Act. — Shall mean Act No. 4 of December 20, 1977, known as the “Puerto Rico Electoral Act”.
(l) Presidential preference ballot. — Shall mean the ballot designed and used by the elector to express his preference with regard to the presidential candidacy of the United States.
(m) National party. — Shall mean every political party that nominates and participates in the election of candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America.
(n) Affiliated political party. — Shall mean every committee or entity recognized by a national party as an affiliate.
(ñ) Presidential primary. — Shall mean the process whereby the electors vote to state their preference with regard to the candidates for nomination to the presidency of the United States by their affiliated party.
(o) Electoral representative. — Shall mean the person or persons duly designated by each affiliated political party to represent it and deal with every matter of an electoral nature related to the presidential primary process established hereby.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 2; Oct. 3, 1983, No. 34, p. 448, § 3; Mar. 15, 1984, No. 2, p. 5, § 1; July 2, 1987, No. 89, p. 347, § 1.