In Florida, as many as a thousand people are arriving every month from Puerto Rico, responding to a long recession and a crushing debt crisis there.
But Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, who are U.S. citizens, nonetheless cant vote in presidential elections, because Puerto Rico isnt a state. When they move to Florida, a key swing state, that changes.
Activist Jimmy Torres with the group Boricua Vota said getting the votes of Puerto Ricans, especially people newly arrived in Florida, takes some different tactics. Boricua Vota tries to get out the Puerto Rican vote in the Orlando area through cultural events and music, among other things. And Torres said the presidenti…
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