Less than 5% of registered voters in Puerto Rico voted in today’s election to send shadow congressmen/women & 2 senators to Washington DC to advocate for statehood. There are more write in votes than in person. The PNP party says fmr. Gov Ricardo Rossello leads the write in votes
In total, 88,930 votes were cast. Voter turnout is normal low in a special election. Sunday, roughly 5% of of registered voters turned out to vote.

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