Reports of apathy among voters in Puerto Rico could be bad news for Hillary Clinton, who is counting on a large margin of victory on substantial turnout to help boost her over Obama in the popular vote count. Roughly 500,000 are expected to turnout to vote on Sunday, but some are now suggesting the number could be lower.

Incidentally, Maurice Ferre has an interesting look at the irony of this year's vote in Puerto Rico given the chaos and competitiveness of the Democratic primary:

There was irony when Puerto Ricans voting in Florida did not count when those voting in Puerto Rico will. By the rules established by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Florida primary vote of Jan. 29 did not count. There are almost 250,000 registered Puerto Rican voters in Florida. The DNC will review this decision tomorrow.

Irony, because on Sunday, the 2.5 million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico registered to vote can choose their preferred Democratic candidate, even though in November they cannot vote for president. By DNC rules, Puerto Rico will have 63 delegates to the Democratic Convention in Denver at the end of August, more than 27 states.

Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory for 110 years. Although its residents have been U.S. citizens for 91 years, they cannot vote for U.S. president in Puerto Rico.

In our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are more Puerto Ricans serving, per capita, than residents from 49 states. Only Nevada currently has more of its sons and daughters serving, per capita. But those Puerto Ricans who serve in the military from the island cannot choose the commander in chief who sends them to war.