be held on November 2, 2025. (2) Options The plebiscite held under paragraph (1) shall offer eligible voters a choice of one of the three options which shall be presented on the ballot as follows: (A) Independence. (B) Sovereignty in Free Association with the United States. (C) Statehood. (3) Majority vote required Approval of a status option must be by a majority of the valid votes cast. (4) Runoff plebiscite If there is not a majority in favor of one of the three options defined in this Act, then a runoff plebiscite shall be held on March 8, 2026, which shall offer eligible voters a choice of the two options that received the most votes in the plebiscite held under paragraph (1). (b) Ballot language A ballot for a plebiscite required by subsection (a) shall include the following language, except that the ballot for the runoff plebiscite shall omit the option that received the fewest votes in the initial plebiscite: (1) Instructions Mark the status option you choose as each is defined below. A ballot with more than 1 option marked will not be counted. A ballot with no option marked will not be counted. (2) Independence If you agree, mark here ____. (A) Puerto Rico is a sovereign nation that has full authority and responsibility over its territory and population under a constitution of its own adoption which shall be the supreme law of the nation. (B) Puerto Rico is vested with full powers and responsibilities consistent with the rights and responsibilities that devolve upon a sovereign nation under international law, including its own fiscal and monetary policy, immigration, trade, and the conduct in its own name and right of relations with other nations and international organizations. (C) Puerto Rico has full authority and responsibility over its citizenship and immigration laws, and birth in Puerto Rico or relationship to persons with statutory United States citizenship by birth in the former territory shall cease to be a basis for United States nationality or citizenship, except that persons who have such