Eleven constitutional amendments in American Samoa were up for election on November 8, 2022, as part of the 2022 United States elections. The proposed amendments were the result of the 129-member 6th Constitutional Convention held from August 29, to September 2, 2022. A simple majority and the approval of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior are required for an amendment to pass.
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Summary
edit| Amendment | Description (result of a "yes" vote) | Yes Ioe |
No Leai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Have the Governor (instead of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior) appoint the chief justice and associate justice of the High Court, subject to legislative confirmation. | 2,300 33.65% |
4,536 66.35% |
| Amendment 2 | Prohibit the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from being able to override the decisions of the High Court. | 2,743 40.05% |
4,106 59.95% |
| Amendment 3 | Prohibit the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from being able to change the legislature's override of the governor's veto. | 2,573 37.84% |
4,227 62.16% |
| Amendment 4 | Increase the size of the House of Representatives from twenty to twenty-two. | 3,338 49.47% |
3,409 50.53% |
| Amendment 5 | Include Malaeimi in Itūʻau's territorial House district. | 3,216 47.30% |
3,583 52.70% |
| Amendment 6 | Gives the non-voting delegate from Swains Island a right to vote in the House of Representatives. | 3,893 57.31% |
3,008 43.59% |
| Amendment 7 | Adds two Senate seats for Manu’a, increasing the size of the Senate from eighteen to twenty. | 2,593 37.62% |
4,299 62.38% |
| Amendment 8 | Give the legislature the power to impeach the governor and lieutenant governor. | 4,094 60.59% |
2,663 39.41% |
| Amendment 9 | Change the territorial government's name from the "Government of American Samoa" to the "American Samoa Government". | 3,926 57.86% |
2,859 42.14% |
| Amendment 10 | Change the name of the district "Ma'uputasi" to "Ma'oputasi". | 3,932 58.14% |
2,831 41.86% |
| Amendment 11 | Change the name of the district "Leasina" to "Leasina ma Aitulagi". | 3,797 55.68% |
3,022 44.32% |
| Sources: Ballotpedia,[1] American Samoa Government Election Office[2] | |||
References
edit- ^ "American Samoa 2022 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Official Results of the 2022 Midterm Elections" (PDF). Samoa News. American Samoa Government Election Office. Retrieved 14 October 2024.