The State Elections Commission —Spanish: Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (CEEPR or CEE-PUR)— is the government agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees and manages elections in Puerto Rico as well as guaranteeing the right to vote to its citizens. The agency was created on December 20 1997 by the State law #4 of that year Law No. 4 of 1997.