In the 2020 election, it took Puerto Rico's State Elections Commission four days to release preliminary results, and analysts expect similar delays this time. On Monday, the commission was still processing more than 220,000 early and absentee ballots, a count that has been delayed due to logistic issues.

Thousands of voters across the U.S. territory stood in long lines clutching umbrellas, undeterred by heavy rain on Tuesday morning.

For the first time in the island's governor's race, a third-party candidate has a powerful second lead in the polls ahead of the US territory's election Tuesday — and some experts say there’s a possibility he could win.