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According to Fox News:
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.
Nearly half a million votes were cast for statehood, more than 7,600 for free association/independence and nearly 6,700 for independence, according to preliminary results. The participation rate was just 23 percent with roughly 2.26 million registered voters, leading opponents to question the validity of a vote that several parties had boycotted.
Also covered by AP.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @12:46PM (2 children)
Why didn't they choose Canada? We'd love to finally have a province where it would be warm in the winter and still get our Timmie's fix! Is it because the moment we'd step onto the beach in our swim wear that we'd create a blinding light from the sun reflecting off our pasty white skin that would burn up the island? Come on, eh! They'd get free health care, and we're really nice...at least most of us are.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @01:05PM
They've seen how Trudeau practically breaks his neck sucking every Muslim cock he can find. And they just aren't down with that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @01:15PM
Maybe because they're already a US Territory?