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    A referendum on eliminating special elections to fill vacant seats in the Legislative Assembly was held in Puerto Rico on 3 November 1964, alongside the...
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    opposition Popular Democratic Party (PDP) and Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) oppose it. The referendum was non-binding, as the power to grant statehood...
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    on Puerto Rico's political status. Puerto Rican status referendums have been held four times to determine the desired political status of Puerto Rico...
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    these results did not show that a majority of Puerto Rican voters support statehood. The June 2017 referendum was, according to The New York Times, a "flawed...
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    not a state, and therefore cannot send members to the U.S. Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and participate in the U...
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    1964 and 1970 voters approved amendments to the constitution in various referendums. A continuing debate has dealt with the legal status of Puerto Rico...
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    in favor of statehood in the Puerto Rico status referendum of 1967, even though the historical pro-statehood Puerto Rican Republican Party decided to boycott...
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    Elections in Puerto Rico are guaranteed by Article Six of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the Electoral Code of Puerto Rico for the 21st Century Act...
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    General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government that would serve for the...
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  • self-governance. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies...
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    11, 2020). "Puerto Ricans approve non-binding statehood referendum". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 4, 2024. "Puerto Rico Statehood Referendum(2020)". Ballotpedia...
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    fierce opposition from Puerto Rican nationalists, two of whom eventually tried to assassinate President Truman. A subsequent referendum in 1951 approved commonwealth...
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    Pedro Rosselló (category Puerto Rican male tennis players)
    Spanish: [roseˈʝo]; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President...
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    The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP in Spanish) which holds about 6% of the popular vote while advocating for the independence of Puerto Rico The...
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    Popular Democratic Party. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Citizens' Victory Movement have formed an electoral alliance, with both parties agreeing...
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    voter turnout for a Puerto Rican election ever (3.92%), breaking the record previously held by the 2017 Puerto Rican status referendum (23.23%). In September...
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    to the U.S. Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and do participate in the U.S. presidential primaries. Puerto Rico's Democratic...
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    Representatives. On November 3, 2020, Puerto Rico held another referendum. In the non-binding referendum, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of becoming a state...
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  • Disfranchisement (category Electoral restrictions)
    national-electoral process is not a democracy due to issues related to lack of voting rights in Puerto Rico and representation. Both the Puerto Rican Independence...
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    November 2020. Accessed 13 September 2021. Puerto Ricans Vote to Narrowly Approve Controversial Statehood Referendum & Elect 4 LGBTQ Candidates. Archived 8...
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  • Miguel A. García Méndez (category 20th-century Puerto Rican businesspeople)
    1998) was a Puerto Rican politician and businessman. García Méndez served as the 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico and later...
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    movement Puerto Rico statehood movement 2016 Washington, D.C., statehood referendum 2017 Puerto Rican status referendum 2020 Puerto Rican status referendum "Change...
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    seats. The PPD won the majority of seats with 18. One candidate from the Puerto Rican Independence Party also won a minority seat. After the previous election...
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    Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and participate in the U.S. presidential primaries and caucuses. The 2000 Puerto Rico...
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    Washington, D.C., Admission Act 2020 Puerto Rican status referendum District of Columbia statehood movement Puerto Rico statehood movement 51st state Simpson...
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  • right to vote there. Nor do the residents of Puerto Rico vote for the U.S. president. However, Puerto Ricans are eligible to join U.S. political parties...
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    the District of Columbia. Any U.S. citizen who resides in Puerto Rico (whether a Puerto Rican or not) is effectively disenfranchised at the national level...
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    returned to the Senate with a reputation as an anti-Roosevelt Democrat. Riddle 1964, p. 14 Wilson, Theodore (1975). "The Truman Committee, 1941". In Roger Bruns;...
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    The majority of Hispanic or Latino Americans in Pennsylvania are of Puerto Rican descent. Most of the remaining Hispanic or Latino population is made...
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    labor practices were prohibited in many states. Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaiʻi began in 1899, when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by a hurricane...
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