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No later than December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the election of the President of the United States of America is to be held, every affiliated political party entitle to select delegates and alternate delegates to the national nominating conventions shall be registered as such in Puerto Rico, by filing petitions for registration before the Chairman of the Commonwealth Elections Commission a number equal to five percent (5%) of the total number of votes cast for the office of Governor of Puerto Rico in the general election immediately preceding the date on which the registration is to be held unless they have not previously complied with this requirement as specified in this chapter and have been certified as such by the Commonwealth Elections Commission.\nFive percent (5%) of the petitions for registration may be signed by electors from any of the Congressional Districts.\nThese must be subscribed before a notary public by qualified electors of Puerto Rico, and shall bear the name and address of the elector who signs them. The notaries shall not be compensated from public funds for doing this.\nHistory —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 6; Oct.

rto Rico, and shall bear the name and address of the elector who signs them. The notaries shall not be compensated from public funds for doing this.\nHistory —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 6; Oct. 3, 1983, No. 34, p. 448, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.