• atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    17 days ago

    What a weird place this instance is.
    The explanation for those not in the know.

    Puerto Ricans are USA citizens they can vote for president but They can not vote on the president from Puerto Rico. They are natural born US citizens can’t vote for president in the place of their birth. This is because of many reasons.

    So they have to move and become residents of not Puerto Rico, but a different state, to vote for president.

    So they do not have the same rights as other US citizens because of where they live. This is unique in the united states.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      17 days ago

      I mean, it’s not because they’re Puerto Rican, it’s because they live in Puerto Rico. Someone from Iowa who moved to Puerto Rico would also not get a vote.
      This is because our system allocates votes to land, not people.
      US citizens don’t get to vote for president. They get to vote for who their place of residence votes for.

      Up until the 60s, people in DC also didn’t get a vote, because by default only states get a vote, and it’s explicitly not a state.