Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party candidate for Governor, shows her ballot during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Those residents of Puerto Rico are not permitted to vote in presidential elections, though they're U.S. citizens and can participate in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries.

The comments have caused some to wonder about Puerto Rico’s ties to the United States and whether locals can cast their vote in the upcoming presidential election. Are Puerto Ricans U.S. Citizens?

Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins. If Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party wins ...

Puerto Rico is holding a pivotal election on Tuesday that could reshape the island's political landscape, regardless of which of the two leading candidates emerges victorious.

Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission is still counting more than 220,000 early and absentee votes, with counting starting more than two weeks later than usual.

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Therefore, it is not an official state, so residents cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections. However, Puerto Ricans can vote for president if ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico awaited election results late Tuesday that will be historic regardless of which of the two top candidates in the lead wins. If Jenniffer González of the pro ...

This means that if Puerto Rico (for the first time since Congress passed the 1947 Elective Governor Act) were to elect a governor from the Independence Party, the island’s status as an American ...

Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission is still counting more than 220,000 early and absentee votes it received, with officials from various political parties noting the process is slow-going.