Puerto Rico holds the second round of voting after being primarily marred by missing votes

More than half of the polls in Puerto Rico reopened for a second round of voting on Sunday after a chaotic first round earlier this month.

The Associated Press reported that the vote, which took place in more than 60 of the island’s 110 areas, was largely free of problems, except for one area that opened several hours late after a number of volunteers stopped Saturday night.

“Good God, I hope my vote counts,” one 72-year-old voter told the AP as she usually stood at the area where the right to vote was delayed. ‘If only they knew about our sacrifice.’

Voting was suspended in several areas during the primary 9 August, after many centers on time or at least failed to receive ballot papers, resulting in many standing for hours in long lines before leaving without a to vote.

Numerous calls have been made by politicians in both major political parties of the territory for the dismissal of the Puerto Rican Electoral Commission, Juan Ernesto Dávila, who has refused to resign while the primary process continues.

“What happened today by the State Electoral Commission is unusual and there is no excuse that it can support it,” the government of the state, Wanda Vázquez, tweeted after stopping voting in many areas, according to a translation.

“This matter must be addressed immediately and the alternatives analyzed, so that the constitutional right of all voters of the areas who have not yet left the truck is absolutely guaranteed, so that they can exercise their vote in the law primaries,” she added.

Vázquez, a member of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, is running for re-election and is running for a former representative of the Congress for Puerto Rico, Pedro PierluisiPedro Rafael PierluisiPuerto Rico shuts down primary vote partly due to lack of votes There is only one candidate for Democrats in Puerto Rico Trump reignites Puerto Rico feeds amid Hurricane Dorian MORE, in her primary on Sunday, while three candidates including San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz are running for the popular Democratic nominee gubernatorial nomination.