The New York Times. All Rights Reserved. An Election Day here, almost any Election Day, can cause dancing.
Pork sizzles on the grill.
But when it comes to electing an American president, the people in this United States commonwealth have been barred, under the United States Constitution, from the biggest party of all. They are allowed to vote in presidential primaries, but, historically, not in the general election. We should get to vote. With the presidential election just a month away, many people here are hoping that a federal appeals court in Boston will uphold a federal judge's ruling that allows them to vote in the presidential election for the first time. The ruling has become one of the hottest issues in the campaign for governor, and has fueled the debate over the political status of Puerto Rico.