mercredi 9 novembre 2016
A Sad Reminder That Puerto Ricans Can't Vote in the Election
Did you know that Puerto Rican residents are not able to vote in US elections despite the nation being a commonwealth of the United States? Well, did you know that even American citizens just temporarily living in Puerto Rico aren't allowed to vote? A recent video is breaking down the senseless rule and it's pretty enraging.
In a video for Mic, producer Gabe Gonzalez shared his mom's particularly frustrating experience with this double-standard. See, Gabe's mom is a citizen who has paid taxes and voted in the 2008 presidential election. In this coming election, however, she is unable to vote because she currently resides in Puerto Rico.
As Gabe explains in the video, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth, meaning its citizens are born with American citizenship and are subject to the same laws - the only difference being they can't vote for elected officials. Gabe added, "Puerto Ricans don't even have representation in Congress. Well, they do - they're 'representative' just can't vote for anything."
While total independence might not be the solution, as the video states, it's clear that a large faction of Latinx citizens have been ignored for some time and will continue to be this election.
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