A fun and engaging conversation about voting rights in the US territories including Puerto Rico and the Vir
gin Islands  and Washington DC
A long history of lack of congressional representation
The Case for Puerto Rican Statehood vs History of the independence movement
The case for DC statehood vs a special designation
Short personal anecdotes about the history of Puerto Rican voter fraud
A short history of Puerto Rican government corruption
A special shoutout to Jennifer Briney’s tireless research on almost all matters of Puerto Rican politics

Show Notes

:https://www.house.gov/representatives#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20voting%20representatives,of%20the%20Northern%20Mariana%20Islandshttps://davidandkevin-oyn2561.slack.com/files/U04BXJU8GEP/F050TJF3CUF/voting-rights-in-the-territories-advisory-memo-ct-sac.pdfhttps://www.rockthevote.org/explainers/washington-d-c-puerto-rico-and-the-u-s-territories/

Related Congressional Dish Episodes:https://congressionaldish.com/?s=Puerto+Rico&et_pb_searchform_submit=et_search_proccess&et_pb_include_posts=yes&et_pb_include_pages=yesDavid Champignon | PDF voting-rights-in-the-territories-advisory-memo-ct-sac.pdfPDFRock the VoteD.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Territories - Rock the VoteResidents of DC, PR, and other U.S. territories have fundamentally different rights and representation than residents of the 50 states. (75 kB)https://www.rockthevote.org/explainers/washington-d-c-puerto-rico-and-the-u-s-territories/