<P> Puerto Rico is a territory under the sovereignty of the federal government, but is not part of any state nor is it a state itself . It has been organized (given a measure of self - rule by the Congress) subject to the Congress' plenary powers under the territorial clause of Article IV, sec. 3, of the U.S. Constitution . In the U.S. House of Representatives, Puerto Rico is entitled to a Resident Commissioner, a delegate who is not allowed to vote on the floor of the House, but can vote on procedural matters and in House committees . In most other U.S. overseas (and historically pre-state) territories, as well as the District of Columbia, a similar representative position is styled Delegate . </P> <P> The lack of direct voting representation in Congress for residents of the territory has been an issue since the U.S. Congress granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico citizens in 1917 . All judicial claims have been met with political or constitutional challenges; therefore, there has been no change in Puerto Rico's representation in the Congress or representation on the electoral college for the U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico . </P> <P> Like other territories, Puerto Rico can participate in the presidential primary process . It holds a primary election in the spring of each presidential election year . Then the parties choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic National Convention, who are pledged to vote at that convention for the winners of Puerto Rico's primary, but that's the end of their participation in the presidential election . See United States presidential primaries in Puerto Rico, 2016 . </P> <P> Puerto Rico is an insular area--a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district . Insular areas, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, are not allowed to choose electors in U.S. presidential elections or elect voting members of the U.S. Congress . This grows out of Articles One and Two of the United States Constitution, which state that electors are to be chosen by "the People of the several States ." In 1961, the 23rd amendment extended the right to choose electors to the District of Columbia; the insular areas, however, were not addressed in that Amendment . </P>

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