Subj : Peurto Rico
To   : DALE SHIPP
From : BOB ACKLEY
Date : Wed Apr 10 2019 16:02:58

>  -=> On 04-08-19  16:02,  Bob Ackley <=-
>  -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Gibraltar <=-
> 
>  > Definitely.  The people of Puerto Rico are American citizens, 
albeit
>  > without representation in the Congress.
> 
>  BA> I don't think they get to vote for president, either, unless 
they have
>  BA> an official residence in a state and can vote absentee there
> 
> That is unfortunately true.  I've heard that many of them are moving 
to
> Miami so that they can vote in the next presidential election.

There's a very simple reason why they can't vote for president - nor 
can residents of American Samoa and the Mariana Islands, which are also 
US possessions.

The reason is that the president is elected by the states, not by the 
people, and that's why the Electoral College is set up the way it is
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