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Puerto Ricans in U.S. urged to vote

Talk about democracy. Nearly 100 percent of adults on the island of Puerto Rico are registered to vote and better than 80 percent participate in island elections a turnout no American state can match. Somewhere between the Caribbean and the U.S. mainland, an ideal is lost. Puerto Ricans in cities like Cleveland and Lorain often do not register and often do not vote. [more]