in partial returns, Puerto Rico votes overwhelmingly for statehood. Questions about abstentions say the vote is tainted, but if a person chooses not to vote that’s their problem. The vote stands. Now let’s help Puerto Ricans force Congress to give them statehood!
Puerto Ricans voters back statehood in questioned referendum
washingtonpost.com
Puerto Rico’s governor announced that the U.S. territory has overwhelmingly chosen statehood in a nonbinding referendum Sunday held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland.