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Puerto Rico’s new electoral code, in context
On June 21, Puerto Rican Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced (NPP, R) signed into law a new Electoral Code. There has been a multitude of controversies, over various aspects of the code, and scrutiny and derision of the new law has come from a vast number of opposition...
Puerto Rico’s Citizen’s Victory Movement rises to prominence as a new political party
Third parties are known for receiving little support in the United States compared to the parliamentary system in countries such as the United Kingdom. Despite their disadvantage, there have been instances in United States history when political third parties rise...
Carmen Yulin Cruz endorsed by Elizabeth Warren in race for governor
Carmen Yulin Cruz (PDP, D) received what is likely the most high-profile endorsement of the 2020 race for Puerto Rico governor on April 22, when Senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) signaled support for the San Juan mayor. Yulin Cruz is...
Wanda Vázquez’ candidacy a wildcard in Puerto Rico gubernatorial race
Weeks after historic protests across Puerto Rico forced the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló (NPP, D) and his dubiously appointed successor Pedro Pierluisi (NPP, D), Wanda Vázquez (NPP, R) rose to occupy the governor’s mansion on August 7th, 2019....
The February 2020 Elections Territorial Poll
Pasquines is proud to announce the first of our 2020 polls, open starting today to all residents of the United States territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. This is the first ever poll to...
Verified Voting on a mission to secure elections
Verified Voting is a “non-partisan non-profit organization that advocates for legislation and regulation that promotes accuracy, transparency, and verifiability of elections.” Its primary concern is ensuring that the means for verifying...
RepresentUS ignores US territories in campaign
RepresentUs was launched as a non-profit organization in 2012 by founder Josh Silver, with a non-partisan aim of combatting legalized corruption in US politics. Its model is inspired by the 2011 American Anti-Corruption Act, which aimed to...
Puerto Rico to hold Democratic presidential primary in March
As one of his final acts in office, former Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló (NPP, D) signed Senate Bill 1323 on August 2, which moves-up the date of the Democratic presidential primary from the first Sunday in June to the last Sunday in...
Ricardo Rosselló makes case for re-election
On March 2, the incumbent Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló announced his intention to seek a second term in office. As the presumptive nominee of the New Progressive Party, Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party, Rosselló has begun his...
Guam’s political landscape doesn’t fall neatly into the Democrat-Republican binary
Guamanian politics don’t follow the same party lines as mainland America’s two major parties, despite those two parties being the dominant political parties on the island. The Guam Legislature currently has 10 Democrat members and 5 Republican...