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Puerto Ricans Back Becoming 51st State

posted by n1 on Monday June 12 2017, @09:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the join-the-club dept.

BK writes:

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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    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @12:57PM (#524349)

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