What year did Puerto Rico vote on statehood?

What year was Puerto Rico made a state?

Puerto Rico is a US Territory and has not achieved statehood.

What year did the US take possession of Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico is not a state and never has been a state. It is a commonwealth that is a part of the US, acquired as a result of the Spanish American War. Should the majority of Puerto Rican residents eventually vote for Statehood, and the local legislature approves a resolution to petition the US Congress for Statehood, and the Governor of Puerto Rico approves the petition to the US Congress, then the US Congress (both House and Senate) must pass a resolution to admit Puerto Rico to the Union. If this resolution is passed and signed by the President Puerto Rico would become a state.

What is the most important requirement to become a state?

In terms of a state like the 50 states of America, one has to be accepted the majority of the territory voters and then by Congress. The case of Puerto Rico is different. Last year Congress passed H.R. 2499. Under this legislation, there are two plebiscites (Latin for voting) on the island. In the first vote, there are two options: (1) Puerto Rico should continue to have its present form of political status. If you agree, mark here ___ (2) Puerto Rico should have a different political status. If you agree, mark here___ If option 1 has the majority, then Puerto Rico must schedule a vote every 8 years or until the majority of voters vote for either independence or statehood (see below) If option two has the majority, then there is a second round of voting where there are three options: (1) Independence: Puerto Rico should become fully independent from the United States. If you agree, mark here___. (2) Sovereignty in Association with the United States: Puerto Rico and the United States should form a political association between sovereign nations that will not be subject to the Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution. If you agree, mark here___ (3) Statehood: Puerto Rico should be admitted as a State of the Union. If you agree, mark here____ Option 1 is for full independence; Option 2 is the status quo; Option 3 is for statehood. Prior to H.R 2499, Puerto Rico in the first round just had a yes or no answer in the first round of voting. Puerto Rico had voting for independence or statehood several times since 1967 and each time Puerto Rico voted for the status quo.

When did women get the right to vote in puerto Rico?

Spain gave women the right to vote in the year 1931. This was several years before France and Italy allowed women to vote.

Does Puerto Rico have congressmen?

Puerto Rico doesnt have voting representatives in the house like the states. Puerto Rico has a Resident Comissioner who is a non-voting representative in the house for puerto ricans which is Pedro Pierluisi

Can a pregnant 19 year old be emancipated in Puerto Rico?

After 18 you can get emancipated in Puerto Rico.

Who is the ministry of Education in Puerto Rico?

In what year was the junior high school education established in Puerto Rico?

How is the territorty of Puerto Rico represented in congress?

Puerto Rico is represented by one elected delegate (Resident Commissioner) in the House of Representatives. This delegate has a vote in committees but at the present time the delegate does not have a vote in the committee of the whole (when the House takes a vote to pass a bill). Even when the delegates had the vote in the Committee of the whole, their vote could not be the deciding vote therefore the vote was ceremonial and meaningless. The delegate can introduce legislation and lobby and serves a 4 year term.

Who were the most influential people in Puerto Rico in the year 1493?

In the year 1943 Puerto Rico was discovered. In other words, the only influential man in Puerto Rico that we know of is Christopher Columbus, that is if we exclude the natives for which we have no record.

What year did Puerto Rico had the mudslide?

in 2002

Does it rain all year in puerto rico?

no

When can Puerto Rico become the 51st state?

Puerto Rico could become a state tomorrow! However it wont because five things have to happen in order for any U.S. territory can become a state:1) The territory has to adopt a constitution.DONE! -Puerto Rico's constitution went into effect July 25, 1952. July 25th is a big holiday in Puerto Rico every year.2) The majority of the people in the territory must vote to become a state.DONE? - Well, SORT OF....Puerto Rico had had 4 plebiscites on the question of statehood. A plebiscite is a non-binding vote by the people to express their wishes to the government. In the first plebiscite (1967), statehood lost soundly beaten by "status quo", or keeping the current territorial status. Independence was a rather distant third place.In the second plebiscite (1993) Status quo won very narrowly over statehood (48.6% - 46.3%)In the third plebiscite (1998) growing dissatisfaction with the status quo added a new option to the ballot of "Territorial Commonwealth" plus the added option of "none of the above". None of the above won with 50.3% of the vote. Statehood came in second with 46.5% of the vote. Independence (2.5%), Free Association/Status Quo (0.3%) and Territorial Commonwealth (0.1%) were rejected.In Puerto Rico's 4th plebiscite election on November 6, 2012 the majority of the people voting on the question voted FOR statehood. However the majority of the people who voted on that day did NOT vote for statehood.On this election the question on Puerto Rico's political status was divided into two separate questions.Question 1) Do you want to maintain the current status (commonwealth) or do you want something different? No won 54% to 46%Question 2) Do you want statehood, sovereign commonwealth (like Marshall Islands), or Independence Statehood won 61.2% to Sovereign Commonwealth 33.3%, and Independence 5.5%.It would seem pretty decisive. However over 1/4 of the people who voted that day, did not vote on the second question. The 26.5% under vote was blamed on confusion by those who voted "yes" on the first question thinking they shouldn't vote on the second question. It was argued that if those confused by the two-tiered question would have made the the outcome of the second question very different.To muddy the waters some more, the political party in Puerto Rico that is for the status quo won the governor's race in a very, very narrow victory. So step 3 is not likely to happen at least this term.3) The government of the territory has to petition the U.S. Congress for admission into the union. In this petition, the territory has to outline its state boundaries. In Puerto Rico's case, the Puerto Rican legislature has to pass a resolution. It has to be signed into law by the governor, and then turned over to the Puerto Rian resident delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives where he can submit it for consideration.4) The U.S. Congress had to pass a resolution admitting the territory into the union.Essentially, Congress has to pass a bill in both houses by a simple majority vote.5) The President of the United States has to sign the resolution into law. Unless the resolution passed by Congress has a specific date of admission, the territory becomes a state the moment the President signs the bill into law.So, when can all this happen? The answer is "no one knows. But it can happen."