Puerto Rican voters once chose none of the above as the top option.

Evidence

“None of the above”: Mireya Navarro, “Looking Beyond Vote in Puerto Rico After ‘None of the Above’ is Top Choice,” New York Times, December 15, 1998. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 771

Categorization

• QUESTION: Glaude references this as precedent for his blank-out ballot proposal; the 1998 Puerto Rico result is the empirical grounding for that recommendation and worth verifying in full.
• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s stated goal of judging how Glaude’s ‘blank-out ballot’ proposal has aged — the precedent he leans on. — connects to: A 1998 Puerto Rican referendum saw ‘none of the above’ win the majority. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 614; Puerto Rico’s 1998 ‘none of the above’ vote won 50.2 percent — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 614
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A 1998 Puerto Rican referendum saw ‘none of the above’ win the majority. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 614; Puerto Rico’s 1998 ‘none of the above’ vote won 50.2 percent — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 614

Broader Connections

• A 1998 Puerto Rican referendum saw ‘none of the above’ win the majority. #corroborates (0.95) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 614
• Puerto Rico’s 1998 ‘none of the above’ vote won 50.2 percent #corroborates (0.95) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 614