Puerto Rico- moving towards statehood?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It's hard to say what Puerto Rican politics would look like after statehood.  If the PPD and PNP remain intact, then you would end up with a battleground State with the PNP probably becoming a moderate Republican party.  However, if they don't, then Puerto Rico would become overwhelmingly Democratic.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

No need for a GOP/PNP merger. There is a GOP in PR. See http://www.goppr.org/ .

About all the current GOP organization in PR does is send meaningless delegates to the GOP conventions and funnel contributions to the national party.  If the GOP does not arrange a merger with the PNP, then after statehood the PR House delegation is pretty much guarenteed to align with the Dems since the PDP members will all vote with the Dems and the PNP members would split between the Dems and the GOP.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

And what could be more American than a results map on their election commission web site!

http://196.42.5.2/principal.aspx?Cargo=GOB&Nivel=MAPA&L2=DS

And the PDP is red and PNP is blue, just like we'd expect on the Atlas.

Not only that, but the PIP is green, but others are black instead of orange.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

This "mixed vote" fiasco sounds like a problem that was easily avoidable- I wonder whose bright idea it was to design the ballot that way?

Have ballots like this ever been used in any actual state (check the party box to vote for all party candidates)

Yes.  It's used here in SC.  And under SC law if a mixed vote happens, then the ballot for that office is voided since it is treated as  if he voted for two candidates in that election.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The two laws that would seem to be applicable are the first paragraph of 48 USC 864 and/or 28 USC 1343 (a)(3).

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It's a bit of a thin reed to build jurisdiction on, but given an activist-minded judge who thinks he can do better than the local judges, it's probably thick enough.