Senate bill seeks to establish a deadline for when a senator must be selected by their county
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate bill amending “the selection process of Senators to establish a deadline by which each respective county must determine their candidate no later than t

![Testifying before the Senate Rules Committee yesterday morning on a Senate bill that would amend the selection process of Senators were Manu’a District Governor Misaalefua J. Hudson, Chief Election Officer Uiagalelei Lealofi and Attorney General Fainuulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Manu’a District Governor Misaalefua J. Hudson, Chief Election Officer Uiagalelei Lealofi and Attorney General Fainuulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/misaalefua_j._hudson_chief_election_officer_uiagalelei_lealofi_and_ag_fainuulelei_falefatu_img_2067.jpg?itok=KgILIv0I)


![Samoa fielded a netball team in the first SPG held in 1963 in Suva, Fiji that took the silver medal. [photo: RNZ] Samoa netball silver medalists 1963](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_netball_silver_medalists_1963.jpg?itok=n3_4EfDh)


![The soccer field and stadium underwater at the edge of Pago Harbor. [Samoa News file photo by Richard Madsen onboard the Barbarella.] TSUNAMI INUNDATES PAGO PAGO](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pago_park.jpg?itok=__LhsCxg)


