Puerto Rico Statehood 2024. 5 to determine whether the island should become a u.s. The puerto rico statehood, independence, or free association referendum was on the ballot in puerto rico as a legislatively referred statute on november 5, 2024.
Something unprecedented is happening in puerto rico which, like the u.s., will hold its general election on november 5th. Finally, in 2020, statehood won a clear majority of 53 percent in a referendum in which most of the electorate (55 percent) participated.