Puerto Rico Election
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https://time.com/5913496/puerto-rico-elections
Alexandra Marie Figueroa-Miranda spent days counting ballots after the contentious Nov. 3 election. But, as a resident of Puerto Rico, she wasn’t counting any votes for Donald Trump or Joe Biden. She and the millions of other Americans living in the commonwealth can’t vote in U.S. presidential elections, despite their contributions to federal taxes and status as U.S. citizens.
The question of Puerto Rico’s colonial status and how best Puerto Ricans can exercise their rights as American citizens have been at the heart of every election on the island in recent memory, including this one. For the third time in 53 years, Puerto Ricans voted in favour of becoming a U.S. state in a non-binding referendum on the ballot and elected a new governor from the island’s main pro-statehood party.
Puerto Rico left won seats in the legislature
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