Tupe Smith
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Alaska Court of Appeals, in a unanimous opinion, has ruled against the State of Alaska in its criminal prosecution of Tupe Smith, an American Samoan woman living in Whittier who had been instructed by local officials to mark she was a “U.S. citizen” on voter...
Anchorage, ALASKA — Members of Alaska’s Court of Appeals appeared skeptical Thursday about Alaska prosecutors’ claim that a Whittier resident from American Samoa violated state law when she ran for school board in 2023.
In an hour-long oral argument, a three-judge appeals panel heard arguments for...