Low Turnout Votes For US Statehood

[Judi Lynn]

Low Turnout Votes For US Statehood
JUN
2017 Tuesday 13TH


PUERTO RICO’S governor claimed victory on Sunday night after voters backed US statehood — but on a 23 per cent turnout.

Governor Ricardo Rossello told some 200 supporters in the capital San Juan: “The United States of America will have to obey the will of our people!”

The US Congress, the only body which can approve a new state, will now decide whether to change the status of the Caribbean island colony.

More than 500,000 people backed becoming the 51st US state in Sunday’s non-binding plebiscite. Some 7,800 favoured the option of free association or independence and 6,800 preferred the status quo.

More:
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-7a27-Low-turnout-votes-for-US-statehood#.WT9TB5DyvIU

[marylandblue]

1. Talk about burying the lede!

So statehood wins by 97-3 in a non-binding vote and the headline is "low turnout???"