Puerto Rico status referendum - June 11

[TheSaint250]

I think that Puerto Ricans are going to vote in favor of statehood, especially with Rosselló in power.

[TheSaint250]

Any polls?

No. PR doesn't have reliable pollsters.

I'm guessing the final verdict will show statehood winning (most likely with) a majority.

[TheSaint250]

23rd Amendment has to be repealed - otherwise, that rump federal district ALSO gets 3 electoral votes.

I don't see a problem with that. It can always be legislated in some way to allocate those EVs to whichever party wins the popular vote. While it should be repealed if DC were made a state, I don't think it should hold up the process.

Basically.

Since the federal government controls the federal district, I think they can make a law about what happens to those EVs (e.g. they go to the popular vote winner, or the winner of all the other electoral votes, or they get ignored entirely, or whatever).

@Kamala, the Republicans would be mostly irrelevant in this scenario since the Democrats would need to have a trifecta to pass DC statehood in the first place.

Yes and no with strings. If DC ever becomes a state it would have its 3 electoral votes, 1 at-large rep and 2 senators but here's the kicker: Congress would still be within a new Federal Zone. The "district" of old would just encompass the trifecta of the Capital, WH, SCOTUS (maybe some other admin buildings). This has been talked about in the past.

I usually would not support DC statehood, but if a smaller federal district were to be created, that would make me much more likely to support statehood.  I believe there should be a federal district of some sort.

[TheSaint250]

Today's the day.

[TheSaint250]

So when does voting end/when should results start coming in?

DDHQ said they should be getting results at 3 pm EDT