That requirement excludes American Samoans from employment as police officers, firefighters, paramedics, or public school teachers. These laws and policies gravely limit everyday life, liberties, and opportunities for American Samoans living in the mainland U. As we note in our brief, American Samoans also serve in the U.
In , for example, American Samoans died in Iraq and Afghanistan at a higher rate per capita than troops from anywhere else in the U. Yet unnaturalized American Samoan servicemembers and veterans cannot vote for their commander in chief, serve in specialized services like the Special Forces, or rise to be officers in the military that they serve.
American Samoa has been part of the national fabric for more than a century. We should no longer deny persons born there the benefits and rights to which all people born on U. Doing so only perpetuates systems that foster stigma and division in our communities. Sign up to be the first to hear about how to take action. Skip navigation. Federal advocacy Our work with law and policy makers to ensure necessary statutes exist to protect our civil rights.
Share this page. Follow Ballotpedia. Click here to follow election results! Democratic caucus : March 3, Democratic winner : Michael Bloomberg. Republican caucus : March 18, Republican winner : Donald Trump. American Samoa does not cast electoral votes for president of the United States.
It does, however, hold primary nominating events. The Republican Party backed President Donald Trump and selected its delegates to the national convention on March 18, Territorial offices are nonpartisan, which means party registration to participate in nominating events is conducted by the parties, not the territorial government.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In , a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1, delegates to secure the nomination.
With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, , after Sen. Discover More Places of Ratification.
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Together, D. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands have delegates — almost as many as vaunted swing states like Michigan and Ohio, which proved critical in the election of President Trump in While American Samoans are not U. Despite these contributions to American infrastructure, though, Samoans are considered to be "nationals" of the U. For the other territories plus D.
Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, a non-voting delegate to Congress from the U. Virgin Islands, told Mic via email that "the harsh reality for U.
Virgin Islanders is that despite being U. This unequal provision of voting rights is effectively racism baked into the American justice system.
The federal practice of disenfranchisement dates back to what are called "insular" legal cases: In the s, the Supreme Court ruled that because the island nations are "inhabited by alien races, differing from us in religion, customs, laws, methods of taxation, and modes of thought," the federal government could maintain its ownership of the territories without providing the economic and political benefits that come with incorporation.
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