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Puerto Rico is heating up VL’s comments section. What do people think about Congressperson Jose Serrano and Puerto Rico’s (non-voting) Congressional rep Luis Fortuno’s proposal of a new way for Ricans to vote on the future of their island? They are calling for not one but two votes.

The first vote, to happen next year, would have only two choices : for la isla del encanto to remain a U.S. territory or something else. If people vote to keep P.R. a territory, regular votes would have to happen to see if opinions change. If the something else option wins then another vote, to go down in 2009, would place statehood against independence.

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