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In 2012 PR voted AGAINST becoming a state, and in 2017 a vote on the issue was scotched because of anti-statehood boycotters. They just (Nov 3) narrowly voted t

In 2012 PR voted AGAINST becoming a state, and in 2017 a vote on the issue was scotched because of anti-statehood boycotters. They just (Nov 3) narrowly voted to welcome statehood, easily lost in the recent noise, let's see what happens.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> In 2012 PR voted AGAINST becoming a state No, it voted for becoming a state, under the terms set for the 2-question referendum. Question 1: Should Puerto Rico continue its current territorial status? Yes: 46% No: 54% (Wins) Question 2: Which non-territorial option do you prefer? 61.2% for statehood (Wins) 33.3% for free association 5.5% for independence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_status_ref... > and in 2017 a vote on the issue was scotched because of anti-statehood boycotters. No, the vote was held, statehood won overwhelmingly, but the boycott by opponents was cited (by opponents!) as a reason to disregard the results. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_ref...
- quantified 6y ago
  However (from same sources): Criticism Edit Critics said that voters who favor a developed version of the current status of Puerto Rico (a commonwealth which is part of the United States with internal self-government) had no alternatives on the ballot. As a result, leaders of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) instructed such voters to leave the second portion of the ballot blank, or to invalidate the ballot.[27] Because there were almost 500,000 blank ballots, creating confusion as to the voters' true desire, it provided Congress an opportunity to ignore the vote, which it did.[28] History professor Luis Agrait explained the result in this manner to CNN: "If you assume those blank votes are anti-statehood votes, the true result for the statehood option would be less than 50%."[29] Considered as a percentage of the total number of votes cast in the first ballot, 44% voted in favor of statehood on the second ballot. —- “Scotched” was the wrong word, implying not held, I apologize. Interpreting the vote got destroyed, was what I meant. It’s clear that the folks who run PR see their jobs in danger if the island becomes a state. Hurricanes have now made it clear what second-class status means to the average person.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> In 2012 PR voted AGAINST becoming a state No, it voted for becoming a state, under the terms set for the 2-question referendum. Question 1: Should Puerto Rico continue its current territorial status? Yes: 46% No: 54% (Wins) Question 2: Which non-territorial option do you prefer? 61.2% for statehood (Wins) 33.3% for free association 5.5% for independence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_status_ref... > and in 2017 a vote on the issue was scotched because of anti-statehood boycotters. No, the vote was held, statehood won overwhelmingly, but the boycott by opponents was cited (by opponents!) as a reason to disregard the results. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_ref...

quantified 6y ago
However (from same sources): Criticism Edit Critics said that voters who favor a developed version of the current status of Puerto Rico (a commonwealth which is part of the United States with internal self-government) had no alternatives on the ballot. As a result, leaders of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) instructed such voters to leave the second portion of the ballot blank, or to invalidate the ballot.[27] Because there were almost 500,000 blank ballots, creating confusion as to the voters' true desire, it provided Congress an opportunity to ignore the vote, which it did.[28] History professor Luis Agrait explained the result in this manner to CNN: "If you assume those blank votes are anti-statehood votes, the true result for the statehood option would be less than 50%."[29] Considered as a percentage of the total number of votes cast in the first ballot, 44% voted in favor of statehood on the second ballot. —- “Scotched” was the wrong word, implying not held, I apologize. Interpreting the vote got destroyed, was what I meant. It’s clear that the folks who run PR see their jobs in danger if the island becomes a state. Hurricanes have now made it clear what second-class status means to the average person.