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Did the flag need to change after the 2012 vote for statehood? No. And given that this vote was boycotted by those opposed to statehood, with the result that the number of votes for statehood actually dropped substantially compared to the 2012 vote, there is no chance that this vote will change anything.
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Originally Posted by longneckone
Too bad the article does not explain what the process would be. I am sure it would not happen overnight.
Congress would need to vote to admit Puerto Rico as a state. Given that Puerto Rico is a long-established commonwealth with a fully-functioning government, that's all.
Last edited by mjlo; 06-12-2017 at 10:29 AM..
Reason: trolling political and racist statement.
For the process, basically it would start by PR asking Congress to pass a resolution to admit them as a state (this is how most of the non-original-13 states were admitted) and then they either vote for or against admission. If it passes then that's when we officially get a new state (but the flag doesn't officially change until the next July 4). As has been said, realistically as long as Republicans control both houses and the Presidency the odds of that happening with Puerto Rico are slim given their race/language and that they'd most likely be sending Democrats to Congress.
For the process, basically it would start by PR asking Congress to pass a resolution to admit them as a state (this is how most of the non-original-13 states were admitted) and then they either vote for or against admission. If it passes then that's when we officially get a new state (but the flag doesn't officially change until the next July 4). As has been said, realistically as long as Republicans control both houses and the Presidency the odds of that happening with Puerto Rico are slim given their race/language and that they'd most likely be sending Democrats to Congress.
Not to mention I doubt many Democrats want to inherit Puerto Rico either. It's a mess. It's pretty much transparent the only reason why they are voting for statehood is they're in a financial mess and need bailing out. They don't actually want to be a state really, it's just giving up autonomy is preferential to becoming Greece sans EU. Peurto Rico hasn't gone through some monumental cultural shift from 1999 to 2012 to 2017. It's just their fiscal situation has gone from bad to worse to disastrous.
Voting for it and actually getting it is 2 different things. If we consider that much of Puerto Rico is Democrat I highly doubt that the Republican held Senate would welcome in an increase in Democrats in both the House and Senate.
They already receive handouts from the US so if they were a state they could start paying some taxes.
If they did become a state they would lose their Olympic team and a bit of their identity.
I think if they did become a state they would gain much more then we would get in return.
The votes means nothing! Puerto Rico had a boycott on this election, because they consider it a waste of time and financial resources! Only 23% voted! They know that it would take an act of Congress, so they know it was a waste, and thus stayed away in droves.
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I am sure it would not happen overnight.