Election
Office invites voters to register at Samoana
by Samoa News
Staff
The Election
Office is taking voter registration to Samoana High School with
the hope of getting all qualified students to register to cast
ballots for the Nov. 4th general election.
Election officials
also want to make sure that seniors graduating this year who
will be enrolled at off-island colleges and universities register
in order for them to vote absentee.
Chief Election
Officer Soliai Tuipine said voter registration is between 2:30
p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 at the school cafeteria and
all other eligible voters are welcome to stop by to register.
Deputy Election
Officer Filiva'a Mageo said the registration at Samoana is happening
at the same time with the school's parents and teachers association
meeting also set for tomorrow afternoon. This way, parents, who
have not registered to vote can do so, he said.
During a recent
voter registration as Tafuna high school, the Election Office
was able to register several parents either as new voters or
re-registered voters because their names were purged from the
election roll due to failure to vote in the last two elections.
"We are
timing these school registrations with PTA meetings to get as
many possible as possible to register," said Mageo, who
noted the registrations at high school and ASCC campuses have
been very successful.
Services provided
at Samoana campus includes voter registration (must have valid
U.S. passport or birth certificate, social security card or verification
and a government I.D. card including military ID); voter ID replacement
and the name change of a voter, in which a marriage certificate
or other legal documents are required.
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reporter at news.newsroom@samoatelco.com.
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