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    "title": "Puerto Rico - Compact of Permanent Union, October 1975",
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    "ocrText": "right on qualified citizens in Puerto Rico which they may\nor not, as they see fit. In any event, a negative vote in a\nexercise\ndum should not foreclose the extension of this to\nreferen.\nPuerto Ricans who desire to\nAssuming that a is a means\nthe views of the Puerto Rican people on this subject, one may\nsecuring\nquestion the wisdom of holding this referendum in the interval\nstill\nbefore the next year's election in Puerto Rico, while preelection\nmaneuvering is at its height.\nThe question of the presidential vote for Puerto Ricans has\nbeen discussed for many years. In light of this long history, the\nurgency of a preelection referendum is difficult to justify. The\ngroup would have been well advised, I believe, to recommend that\na referendum be postponed until after the impending election.\nI would have preferred that the group formally recognize that\nit\nis not feasible to extend the right to vote in presidential\nelections to Puerto Ricans without also extending this right to all\nqualified citizens; that it recommend to the President that he ask\nthe Congress to initiate action on a constitutional amendment that\nwould confer the right to vote for President and Vice President on\nall qualified citizens of the United States regardless of residence;\nand that the group recommend to the Governor of Puerto Rico\nthat an advisory referendum be held at some appropriate time\nafter the 1972 election in Puerto Rico.\n124"
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