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In 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act. It did not pass the United States Senate. [6] In August 2024, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court dismissed the July 2024 petition by the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) asking the State Election Commission (CEE) to halt the status referendum. [7] [8]
In July 2024, Governor Pedro Pierluisi called a referendum on the status of Puerto Rico in November 2024, and for the first time the island's current status as a U.S. territory will not be an option during the non-binding referendum. The executive order follows the U.S. House of Representatives' 2022 approval of a bill to help Puerto Rico move ...
Puerto Ricans could move a step closer to a referendum on whether the island should become a U.S. state, an independent country or have another type of government when the House of Representatives ...
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.
This year’s election is unlike any other in the 76 years since the U.S. began allowing Puerto Ricans to vote for their governor. Puerto Rico Might Elect Its First Pro-Independence Governor Skip ...
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would set a vote to determine Puerto Rico’s political status. The bill, titled the Puerto Rico Status Act, cleared the chamber in a 233-191 vote. Sixteen ...
A yes-no vote on statehood was held on November 3, 2020. It had not been approved by the US Justice Department, but it did not have to be. Congresswomen Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) proposed on August 25, 2020 that the question of Puerto Rico's political status should be decided by a convention rather than a ...
As residents of a U.S. territory, the 3.2 million U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico have neither voting representation in the federal government nor international sovereignty of their own. They are ...