In other election news, in Puerto Rico, the candidate narrowly leading in last month’s governors race is charging the U.S. government with acting as a colonial ruler for seizing control of ballot counting in the protracted election. This according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. A Boston-based federal judge has decided to step in and overrule Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court on how to run the recount. Gubernatorial candidate Aníbal Acevedo Vilá said the move “tortures the island’s residents and holds them hostage.” Last week 20,000 people protested outside the federal courthouse in San Juan to denounce the decision of U.S. District Judge Daniel Dominguez. Some demonstrators held signs reading “Stop the federal coup, respect Puerto Rico.”