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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.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @09:26PM
You're replying to a conservative near-bigot. I think we need to popularize some word for people who aren't quite racist, not quite bigoted, but have some stupid beliefs in their head about others likely stemming from close proximity to real bigots / racists.