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t. e. On November 5, 2024, Puerto Rico held a non-binding referendum alongside the 2024 Puerto Rican general election and the 2024 United States elections. This was the seventh status referendum held in Puerto Rico amidst the long running debate over the island's political status. Puerto Rican voters were presented with three choices regarding ...
The Catch-22 of Puerto Rico's Status Referendum. Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made by History. October 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM. The Puerto Rican flag is seen outside the Governor's residence as Puerto ...
The United States has been preparing for the outcome of a binding-referendum with Puerto Rico Status Act in the 2020s, and it passed the U.S. House in 2022, but not senate. In 2024, another non-binding referendum was included in the November 2024 ballot, the outcome was Statehood again being favored with about 58% of the vote.
Elections in Puerto Rico. A referendum of the status of Puerto Rico was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with the general election. The Referendum was announced by Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced on May 16, 2020. This was the sixth referendum held on the status of Puerto Rico, with the previous one having taken place in 2017.
Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status came under scrutiny Wednesday for its multimillion-dollar cost as election officials announced the order and description ...
This is the latest in a series of votes on Puerto Rico’s political status. It follows from a non-binding 2020 referendum that saw 52.52 percent of ballots support becoming a U.S. state, while 47 ...
e. The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territorial possession of the United States acquired in 1898 following the Spanish–American War, making it "the oldest colony in the modern world". [ 1 ][ a ] As of 2023 ...
A referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico was held in Puerto Rico on June 11, 2017. [1] The referendum had three options: becoming a state of the United States, independence/free association, or maintaining the current territorial status. [2] Those who voted overwhelmingly chose statehood by 97%. [3]