American Samoa Polls

army and college-teachers.

By last Saturday mornings, 97 absent voters had given back their ballot papers. Up to the week-end, a whopping 1,231 voters had already held postal votes. US Territory nationals such as American Samoa cannot elect in the parliamentary elections. Electoral officers hope for a big turn of events in 2016, with 17,339 voters on the electoral register.

Information on the Letter Vote | Government of American Samoa

A. Every eligible voter who is absent from the area or districts in which he is enrolled and cannot appear at his place of office during poll time may have his votes cast by postal suffrage. B. Every eligible voter is eligible and empowered to exercise the right to vot in a way required by the regulations issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, provided that any eligible voter who is incapable of tagging his ballots due to a handicap is eligible to be assisted in the identification of the ballots.

C. Every qualifying constituent entitled to participate in an electoral process may cast a postal suffrage if he or she belongs to the following categories: Away from the territory on polling day because he/she: a. Employees serving the U.S. government; b. Employees serving the government of American Samoa; c. A college graduate; e. A foreign constituent who votes for the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States.

Temporary absence from the territory on polling date due to: a. travel for health care; b. travel for army missions; 3. presence in the territory but absence from the districts on polling day: In the territory, but not in the county on polling day:

Every individual eligible to cast a majority in accordance with (C)(1) may not apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for a postal voting until 1 January of the year of the elections for which a postal voting is called. Absent electors may submit their postal voting requests by electronic means and require the electoral bureau to submit and adopt their postal voting requests by electronic means.

Refer to Annex A for the most recent amendments to the legislation applied for by ballot-by-mail by electors falling into voter class (C)(1). Every individual eligible to cast a majority in accordance with (C)(2) may apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for a postal or personal suffrage, no sooner than the date before the elections on which the voting papers are published and available, and by 4.30 p.m. at the latest.

NOTICE: Voting members of (C) (2) must present a passport and cast their votes at the polling station before travelling. Voting slips will NOT be sent to the traveller. In addition, travellers returning before polling time are NOT eligible to cast votes. Every eligible voter pursuant to (C)(3) may have a written or personal postal voting at the Chief Electoral Officer's office no sooner than 30 days after the date of the elections.

The notarization of the postal votes is concluded no later than 1.30 p.m. on the voting date. The Chief Electoral Officer shall check the record immediately upon receiving a motion within the abovementioned period to determine whether the eligible voter is eligible to cast a ballot as applied for.

Once the formal voting slips are hard-copy and available, the election officer shall send an office voting slips and other legally required documents in an envelopes by post to away constituents outside the Isle, or, if desired, by email to away uniforms and foreign constituents, or in the presence of the eligible voter at the electoral office.

Any postal applications submitted by the fifteenth working Sunday before the elections by eligible voters outside the Islands will be dealt with and sent to eligible voters as soon as possible, but no later than 24 hrs after the application has been submitted.

Absent ballot papers which are sent back by air or otherwise than by post must be sent to the Central Election Commissioner by 1.30 p.m. on the election day at the latest.