Puerto Rico Voting Rights Case Pending Before Organization of American States

Gregorio Igartua and seven other adult U.S. Citizens who reside in Puerto Rico filed a complaint last year against the United States for refusing to let them vote for president. The complaint was filed before the Organization of American States, and invokes the OAS Democratic Charter, which the United States signed long ago. The OAS will soon decide whether to schedule a hearing. It is cse P-776-06.

Igartua filed a supplemental brief on June 6, 2007, noting that the United States had invoked the OAS Democratic Charter on June 4. The United States invoked it against Venezuela because the Venezuelan government closed down a major broadcasting station. Thanks to Michael Richardson for this news.


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  1. Has Mr Gregy Igartúa asked himself how many other boricuas are interested in voting for Mr. president? Not so many I believe. As it is, the only instance in which I could vote for the president is to take Mr. Bush from office as he is
    a nuisance to humanity.

  2. When the initial court made the initial ruling allowing Puertoricans to vote I had high hopes that it would become a reality. Too bad the appeals court reversed that and the Supreme Court has refused to see the case. Personally, I would vote in this and any other Presidential Election if I had that right.

  3. I think we should proceed with all haste in cutting PR loose as a sovereign nation and then they can do all the voting they please in Boricua elections.

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