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Marla wrote on Mar 7 th, 2016 at 12:46pm: The Heartless Felon wrote on Mar 7 th, 2016 at 9:14am: Oi Marla, maybe you can explain this. I was watching CNN yesterday and they mentioned that Rubio was in Puerto Rico. Somebody said that, while the Puerto Ricans can have a say in selecting the nominee, they can't vote in the general election. Why is this so? Puerto Rico is considered to be a unincorporated U.S. territory. In other words, while it is considered as the true 51st state, Puerto Rico remains to be its own sovereign nation with its own laws that would and do differ from U.S. law(s). The same goes for places like American Samoa or U.S Virgin Islands where those with how can I say this... genuine or duel U.S. citizenship can vote but the locals cannot so they have no voting rights.....
In 2012 Puerto Ricans actually did vote as a majority for Statehood, but there were local PR powers who don't want statehood, so they have caused nothing but grief in Puerto Rico becoming the 51st State of the United States.
Source for the above: http://mcaf.ee/cflqajNow, being Puerto Rico is not a State, it has no Congressional representation in theElectoral College Being that the USA is not a Democracy (Ochlocracy), it's a Constitutional Republic, the majority votes in Presidential Elections don't always mean the candidate that gets the most votes wins...... Source: Wikipedia Quote:The United States Electoral College is the institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. Citizens of the United States do not directly elect the president or the vice president; instead, these voters directly elect designated intermediaries called "electors," who almost always have pledged to vote for particular presidential and vice presidential candidates (though unpledged electors are possible) and who are themselves selected according to the particular laws of each state. Electors are apportioned to each of the 50 states as well as to the District of Columbia (also known as Washington, D.C.). The number of electors in each state is equal to the number of members of Congress to which the state is entitled,[1] while the Twenty-third Amendment grants the District of Columbia the same number of electors as the least populous state, currently three. Therefore, in total, there are currently 538 electors, corresponding to the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 senators, plus the three additional electors from the District of Columbia..... . Being a State has it's privileges, if & when Puerto Rico ratifies Statehood, then & only then will they have full representation identical to the other 50 States.
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