How To Register as a Voter In American Samoa

How To Register as a Voter In American Samoa

1. You can register to vote at any district office during normal business hours. You must bring your government-issued ID that has a photograph of yourself.
2. Additionally, you must submit an application that is in the form of an Affidavit. The affidavit should include the following information:
   1. name;
   2. Social Security numbers, in the event of there is one;
   3. the date of birth;
   4. age;
   5. residence;
   6. where you are currently employed where you are currently employed, if applicable;
   7. that the residence described in the affidavit was not just due to the individual’s residence in the Territory however, the property was acquired with the aim to be American Samoa the persons legal residence, with all the associated obligations therein.
   8. the person is that they are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national.
3. You must affirm the accuracy of the information you have provided on your application.
4. If the election official is satisfied with your application, you will be asked to sign the affidavit. The election officer will affix his signature, or he must state that he is not able to sign the form and provide the reason for this in the space to the applicant’s signature.
5. After your application has been approved the name of your applicant will be added to the register of districts in general.

The required documents to complete the application

• The ID issued by the government contains your photo of

Office Locations and Contacts

American Samoa Election OfficeOffice: 684.699.3570 / 684.699.3571
Fax: 684.699.3574

Postal Address
P.O. BOX 3970
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799

hours of operation
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 04:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays and Saturdays as well as Federal/Government holidays

Website

What Are All The Eligibility

You can be a registered voter once you’ve reached your 18th birthday or you be 18 before the date of the next election and is legally eligible to vote. You can register for the district where you reside. It is illegal to apply for registration or cast a vote within any district other apart from the one in which he lives, except as is provided in chapter 2 Section 6.0220 of the American Samoa Election Reform Act of 1977.

Rules for determining residency:

In determining residency within the Territory spouses are able to be treated as distinct from each other. The following guidelines will determine the residency requirement in the Territory for Territory and district for purposes:

• A person’s residency is the place where his home is located, and from which, when the person is absent, he is with the intention of returning.
• A person is not granted the right to reside in any district which he has no intent of making it his permanent home within that district.
• If a person is a member of the family members in one location but does trade in another location, that is the place where he resides however, any person with a familythat decides to establish a home apart from his family with the intention of staying there, will be considered to be a resident in the place where the residence is established. in the area.
• The mere desire to purchase an additional residence without any physical presence in the area does not constitute residency. Nor the mere presence of a physical object with no intention of establishing the place as his home.
• A person cannot obtain or lose residence solely because that he is present or absent employed by or of the United States or of this Territory or being studying at an institution of higher learning or being confined in an asylum or institution or in a prison.
• The state of a person’s matai obligations primary can be a determining factor for district residency. However, matai obligations by themselves will not be sufficient to support a conclusion of district residency without other evidence that, when paired with the proof of matai obligation will be enough to justify the purpose in this subsection.
• The person is deemed to have lost his residence within the Territory If he votes in an election that is held elsewhere via absentee vote or in the person.
• The duration of residence is calculated by adding the day that the residence of the individual begins and excludes the day of the election.
• In the event of a dispute the ultimate determination of residence will be determined by the election officer with the possibility of an appeal before the registration board in accordance with section 6.0201 up to 6.0203, 6.0225, and 6.0230 through 6.0233.

Validity

Once you have registered, you are legally entitled to vote at any election and be added to the public register as well as district lists.

Elimination from the Register

Your name can be removed from the electoral register if you are not able to vote in the current election or during the previous election. To vote is the act of putting the ballot in the box regardless of whether it is empty or later rejected due to any reason. In the event of absentee ballots by mail for qualified voters, to vote means to promptly mail your absentee voter’s ballot to the chief election officer regardless of whether and whether the vote has been counted.

You can have your registration reinstated by visiting the election officer and re-registering. You may also send your application in person or in any other manner as per the procedures set by the chief election officer. The election officer will examine the signature against that of the registered voter that was registered previously, and if he finds the signatures to be identical the officer may request additional evidence. The names of all qualified voters must be entered again on the voter register.

Instructions

Deadline for enrollment: at 4:00 p.m. at the end of the thirty-first day preceding every election (but in the event that that day falls on the weekend of a Sunday, a Saturday or a holiday, it will be the deadline is 4:45 p.m. at the day immediately following) The general register will be closed for registration until the day following the date of the election.

The Information You Need

• name;
• Social Security Number, If one exists;
• date of birthdate;
• age;
• residence;
• where you are currently employed where you are currently employed, if applicable;

External Links

• American Samoa Election Office:

http://www.americansamoaelectionoffice.org/registration%20requirements/registration_requirements.htm

• American Samoa Bar Association:

http://www.asbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=208&Itemid=172

• American Samoa Election Reform Act of 1977:

http://www.asbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=207&Itemid=172