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Did Puerto Rico ever act on that statehood vote? (Original Post) cthulu2016 Jul 2013 OP
The one with the messed-up questions? jberryhill Jul 2013 #1
 

jberryhill

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1. The one with the messed-up questions?
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:00 PM
Jul 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_status_referendum,_2012

On April 10, 2013, it was announced that the White House would seek $2.5 million to hold another referendum as part of Obama's 2014 budget proposal (the money would fund both voter education and the plebiscite itself). This next referendum would be the first Puerto Rican status referendum to be financed by the Federal government.

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Of all votes cast, statehood got 46%. The problem is that on the second question, there was no option for "maintain status quo" and so there was a campaign to leave the second question blank if that was one's choice, since the ballot did not include the full range of options.

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