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Why puerto ricans can't vote for president in the general election as they are one of the states in U.S.A.?
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∙ 13y ago
Puerto Rico is NOT a state. They are a Commonwealth under the control of the United States.
Puerto Rico is not a state; however, keep in mind that the District of Columbia received its three electoral votes with the 1961 passage of the 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution and it is not a state. Due to this, it stands to reason that the American territories should have a say in their Commander-in -Chief. Citizens from these territories are subject to military draft, but have no right to vote. Would it not be reasonable to create and pass a new constitutional amendment that would guarantee Puerto Ricans and other territorial American citizens the vote in the United States?
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