New voting rights for Puerto Rican delegate 0
Jan24
Residents of Puerto Rico, Washington DC, Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa won a symbolic victory yesterday when the Democratic House voted to give limited voting rights to the political representatives of these “territories”.
It’s a symbolic measure which only lets them vote on ammendments, and never lets them decide the outcome on any vote, but at least it’s a nod in the direction of more democracy – even if it is condescending and doesn’t address core injustices.
“It’s representation without taxation,” say Republicans who are unhappy with the outcome. I suppose colonization without self-determination is better?
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