Puerto Rico Recount will end by Wednesday, commissioners say

AP -Puerto Rico will know who its next governor will be on Wednesday, however the winner will not be certified until Christmas festivities are over, election commissioners from the two main political parties announced. Thomas Rivera Schatz, election commissioner for the New Progressive Party, said the recount at the Operations Center of the State Elections Commission will be finished between Tuesday and Wednesday. His Popular Democratic Party counterpart, Gerardo Cruz, agreed that it would finished by Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning, according to a newspaper. Cruz said Anibal Acevedo Vila will win the election by 600 votes more than he obtained on Nov. 2. In the preliminary results, the PDP candidate had a lead of 3,880 votes over Rossello, without counting and adjudicating the votes added by hand.  [more]