Legal residents of American Samoa living there, not U.S. citizens, are not allowed to vote in the U.S. federal elections, only political party primaries. So we can help nominate a candidate, but we can't vote in the mainland election. We are considered US Nationals on an unincorporated US territory, administered under the U.S. Department of the Interior (as is Native America). You have to apply to be a U.S. Citizen (a sovereignty issue).
American Samoa also has the most enlisted U.S. military members per capita.
We serve, and die for you, but we can't vote for the U.S. President in #USelections.
Just a statement.
#AmericanSamoa#USpol #voting #votingrights #military
cc: @tuban_muzuru
The U.S. government does allow American Samoa representation in #USCongress, as a non-voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1989, before as a delegate 1970).
Our representatives have been bipartisan (first a Democrat, now a Republican), always in the best interest for American Samoa, Pacific Islanders, U.S. Territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Am. Samoa), Asia Pacific, minorities.
#AmericanSamoa has been a US territory since 1900. !!
In American Samoa we also pay U.S. federal income tax, federal social security and medicare tax, similar to all Americans. However, our U.S. tax table is higher because the government here chooses to still use the year 2000 U.S. tax table.
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