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This November, the Puerto Rican government will hold a local, non-binding plebiscite, the first mirroring the Puerto Rico Status Act (H.R.2757/S.3231) which means the territorial status will not ...
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 3, 2020, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government who will serve from January 2021 to January 2025, most notably the position of Governor and Resident Commissioner. In addition, there was a non-binding status referendum to ask voters if Puerto Rico should become the 51st state ...
Puerto Rico is an insular area —a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district. Insular areas, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, are not allowed to choose electors in U.S. presidential elections or elect voting members of ...
General elections will be held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections, [1] electing the governor, resident commissioner and members of the House of Representatives and Senate. A non-binding status referendum and a straw poll for the 2024 United States presidential election are also set to be held. [2]
Puerto Rico will hold a referendum on Nov. 5 to determine whether the island should become a U.S. state, a new form of self-government, or remain a territory, with the result potentially impacting ...
June 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it’s reviewing its contract with a U.S. electronic voting company after hundreds ...
Types of elections. Three types of electoral processes can take place in Puerto Rico: general elections, referendum (aka, plebiscites), and special elections. General elections are held every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, [2] on the same day as the U.S. presidential election on Election Day.
A special election to elect shadow senators and shadow representatives from Puerto Rico was held on May 16, 2021. Voters chose two special delegates to the United States Senate and four special delegates to the United States House of Representatives. Their work is to demand that the US Congress respect and enforce the results of the 2020 status ...