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Puerto Rican statehood party seeks English ballots

SAN JUAN -- A political party that favors making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state said Tuesday it will demand an English translation of a November ballot.
A Spanish-only ballot discriminates against 14 percent of 4 million islanders whose first language is English, said Edwin Mundo, an official with the New Progressive Party.
For the AP report, go to
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUPrXKkMvwJSguOFl4axm8d9b1kQD92H0IK80

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