Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico (www.reuters.com)
from Innerworld@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 05 Feb 2026 04:05
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hydroptic@sopuli.xyz on 05 Feb 2026 04:07 next collapse

The sources said the goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had hacked voting machines in Puerto Rico

Ah so they were there to tamper with the voting machines?

LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Feb 2026 05:50 collapse

Yes, very good Mr president. Would you say that Venezuela is in the room with us now?

I mean come on. wtf would, I guess the entire country of Venezuela, be doing hacking voting machines in Puerto Rico? And to what end, to get Mr shits himself elected?

And further, I don’t think Puerto Rico can vote? Sooooooo…… what’re we doing again?

hydroptic@sopuli.xyz on 05 Feb 2026 16:19 collapse

They can’t vote in US federal elections but obviously they do have local elections. Also, they apparently vote for delegates to the DNC/RNC:

Like other territories, Puerto Rico holds presidential primary elections in the spring of each presidential election year in which the parties choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. While these delegates do vote for their pledged candidate at their respective convention, this marks the end of the territory’s participation in the presidential election. U.S. citizens, including Puerto Ricans, can vote for president if they are registered to vote and reside in any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia (For an example of how this functions, see 2016 United States presidential primaries in Puerto Rico.)

Source: en.wikipedia.org/…/Federal_voting_rights_in_Puert…

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 05 Feb 2026 08:51 collapse

One one hand: wow wtf

On the other hand: I’m mildly surprised that he’s now both understanding and admitting that PR is part of the US.