http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/PR-R
According to Green Papers, Puerto Rico is an open primary. Can we get any clarification from our PR grassroots people?
If any candidate gets over 50%, the delegates become winner take all, but if no candidate hits the 50% threshold, the delegates are proportional.
Also sorry to rain on the parade, but according to many sources "as many as 400,000 are expected to vote in the primary"
http://www.elnuevodia.com/blog/1210254/
This is an article from Puerto Rico's main news site. Given my above average Spanish, I'll try to summarize what it says.
First Romney/Santorum are both expected to be in Puerto Rico sometime before the primary. Additionally, it says that according to sources, Ron may also be planning a visit in San Juan (capital of Puerto Rico) sometime in the following week.
Things PR voters care about:
- Puerto Rican Statehood (Biggest issue without a doubt)
- "English Only" standard in the United States
- Drug Trafficking laws
- Cuba? (Article doesn't mention it but I'd assume it would be an issue)
Also seems like there is a disdain for Romney due to his comments about Sotomayor. Mostly comes from the PR Democrats. This is especially good if it is an open primary. (Hopefully) we can get some of them to come to our side on drug legalization. I don't know what Ron's position is on statehood though. It would be a big vote-getter if we could get him to support it (though he'll probably give a constitutionalist answer)
http://www.elnuevodia.com/blog/1210486/
There was a nice blog article with many nice words written on this site as well. Talked about Ron being the only sane candidate and the one who would bring peace.
