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On June 1, 2021, The Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections certified that Rosselló received 53,823 write-in votes, earning a seat in the delegation over Vélez. [ 16 ] This election had the lowest recorded voter turnout for a Puerto Rican election ever (3.92%), breaking the record previously held by the 2017 Puerto Rican status referendum ...
The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico to elect the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico were held on November 5, 2024. The election of the Resident Commissioner was held concurrently with the larger 2024 United States House of Representatives elections, the 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, and other U.S. federal and Puerto Rican general election races.
In 2008, attorney Gregorio Igartúa and others in a fourth round of litigation (Igartúa IV) attempted to bring a class action suit claiming they and other U.S. citizen-residents of Puerto Rico have a right to vote for a Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from Puerto Rico and a right to have Representatives from Puerto Rico in ...
Those born in Puerto Rico have American citizenship meaning Puerto Ricans living in any of the 50 states of Washington D.C. can vote for president if they have formal residency.
A candidate’s stance on Puerto Rico’s status is a top-of-mind issue for Puerto Rican voters in the mainland. Puerto Ricans living on the island are U.S. citizens who can't vote for president ...
Pablo Hernández Rivera, the newly elected resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, has pledged to prioritize economic development and equal treatment in federal programs over the sterile status ...
Elections for the Senate of Puerto Rico were held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. [33] Primaries were held on June 2, 2024. [4] Left-of-center parties PIP and MVC formed an electoral alliance for the 2024 elections, called the Alianza de País. They agreed to only run one candidate per Senate district to ...
The comments dominated local news sites late into the night and prompted Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress for the pro-statehood New Progressive Party and a Trump supporter, to call them “despicable, misguided and disgusting.” “They do not represent the values of the GOP,” she said.