Puerto Rico's elections commission said Tuesday that it's reviewing its contract with a U.S. electronic voting company after hundreds of discrepancies were discovered following the island's heated primaries.
The problem stemmed from a software issue that caused machines supplied by Dominion Voting Systems to incorrectly calculate vote totals, said Jessika Padilla Rivera, the commission's interim president.
More than 6,000 Dominion voting machines were used in Puerto Rico's primaries, with the company stating that software issues stemmed from the digital files used to export results from the machines.
"We cannot allow the public's confidence in the voting process to continue to be undermined as we approach the general elections," he said.
The problems called to mind the island's botched 2020 primaries, when a lack of ballots at some centers forced the government to reschedule voting in a first for the U.S. territory.
On June 2, Puerto Rico held primary elections to select gubernatorial candidates for the pro-statehood New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party, which supports the island's territorial status.
While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they are not allowed to vote in the U.S. presidential elections.
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