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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. [2] 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. [3] [4]
The fourth Puerto Rico statehood referendum occurred on November 6, 2012. The result a 54% majority of the ballots cast against the continuation of the island's territorial political status, and in favor of a new status. Of votes for new status, a 61.1% majority chose statehood.
The Puerto Rican independence movement took new measures after the Free Associate State was authorized. On October 30, 1950, with the new autonomist Commonwealth status about to go into effect, multiple Nationalist uprisings occurred, in an effort to focus world attention on the Movement's dissatisfaction with the new commonwealth status.
The Catch-22 of Puerto Rico's Status Referendum. Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made by History. October 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM. ... non-colonial status for Puerto Rico: statehood, independence, or free ...
Meanwhile, leaders of the Puerto Rican Independence Party have gone to court to challenge the referendum. The island’s Supreme Court issued a resolution last week stating it would hear the case.
The House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Puerto Rican status referendum may refer to: 1967 Puerto Rican status referendum ...
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 ...