On Wednesday, Maine’s legislature passed a bill joining a compact to commit all of their electoral votes, regardless of who won in their individual state, to whichever candidate won the national popular vote.
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You got some solid answers here, but I’ll add this: Puerto Ricans don’t necessarily wish statehood. The issue is controversial down there.

    • jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      What are the downsides? I have basically zero knowledge about this and wish to learn.