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SAMOA ELECTION
Apia, SAMOA — The final and official count for the Samoa general election 2021 is now underway.
By 11pm Sunday night, all special votes had finally been sorted to the electoral constituencies - all done in the presence of official scrutineers.
Provisional results over the weekend had the two main...
Apia, SAMOA — Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) leader Fiame Naomi Mataafa has told the party’s election candidates that the journey with the party is not yet over and they anticipate legal challenges to some of their victories.
Party committee members including candidates in the...
Apia, SAMOA — After 15 years of trying and failing, Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio has secured his passage to Parliament, but also found himself as perhaps the most pivotal figure in Friday’s elections.
Preliminary election results showing dead-heat between the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party (H.R...
These voters in Samoa lined up in the hot sun yesterday determined to cast their votes in the Falelatai and Samatau electoral district. Neither party is conceding defeat or claiming victory and with counting and other potential formal processes to go through yet, no formal conclusions can be drawn...
Apia, SAMOA — Pre-polling in Samoa's general election ended yesterday (Thursday in Samoa) with voting open in Samoa’s general election today (Friday in Samoa).
This is the first election that the Electoral Commission announced daily results from the pre-polling.
The Human Rights Protection Party...
Menlo Park, CA — With just over one week until Samoans head to the polls, Facebook will launch an Election Day Prompt encouraging voters to get out and vote ahead of the General Election on 9 April.
The prompt will be available in Samoan and English and will encourage Samoans to vote and direct...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, is predicting his ruling Human Rights Protection Party will retain government reins after the 9 April General Elections.
He told a radio audience this week that his party will garner no less than 45 of the 49...
Apia, SAMOA — Former Deputy Prime Minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa is one of three unopposed candidates when registrations closed on Friday (Samoa time).
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi who was unopposed in 2016, is facing two opponents in the April 9 general elections.
The confirmed list...
![Samoa voters will cast their ballots in the next General Elections electronically removing the current time consuming manual voting process. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/electoral%20process.jpg?itok=S-T9ZfTY "Samoa voters will cast their ballots in the next General Elections electronically removing the current time consuming manual voting process. [Courtesy photo]")
Apia, SAMOA — Voters will cast their ballots in the next General Elections electronically removing the current time consuming manual voting process.
But while electronic changes looms, some things will remain the same when Samoa return to the polls in 2021.
For instance, the new electronic system...