The Puerto Rico Election Commission has officially kept the option open to acquire used or repaired electronic voting machines. ^[1] The commission's stance, reported on Sept. 15, leaves the door open to equipment that has a history with other jurisdictions rather than mandating new units. The CEE has not stated whether it will pursue the used machines, only that the option remains on the table. Separate documents assessing the island's outlook list outmigration and a declining population as risk factors. ^{[2] [3]} The read here is that a shrinking tax base makes large capital purchases harder to justify, though no cited fact connects that fiscal pressure directly to the voting-machine decision.