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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1967)
• Article II, section 4 states, "…Representatives shall be chosen by secret ballot of the qualified electors of their respective representative districts."
• Article II, section 7 states, "Every person of the age of 18 years or upwards who is a United States national and who has lived in American Samoa for a total of at least two years and has been a bona fide resident of the election district where he offers to vote for at least one year next preceding the election and who meets such registration requirements as may be prescribed by law shall be deemed a qualified elector at such election…"
• Article IV, section 2 states, "The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa shall, commencing with the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November 1977, be popularly elected and serve in accordance with the laws of American Samoa."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1967)
• Article II, section 7 states, "…No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane shall be qualified to vote at any election…"