he Senate Joint Resolution Committee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first three witnesses that appeared before the Senate Joint Resolution Committee chaired by Senator Togiola Tulafono, didn’t support the call for a Constitutional amendment on the qualifications for some long-term residents to become electors.
The proposed amendment ...

![Mamea Talamesi Ta’ala testified during the public hearing held on Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 on a Senate joint resolution for a constitutional amendment on the qualifications of electors, which would give individuals who have lived in American Samoa for more than 20 years the opportunity to vote in local elections and have a say in how the government is run. [photo: AT] Mamea Talamesi Ta’ala](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mamea_copy.png?itok=jQkGFCTK)