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Voter Registration

Samoa Samoa

VR001

Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: f. 21
Comments: A person is qualified to be registered as a voter if the person is 21 years old or above 21 years old
Source: The Electoral Act 2019, Article 14: https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
Verified: 2021/04/09
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VR002

Other voting requirements
Question:Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Answer(s): a. Citizenship
Comments: A person is qualified to be registered as a voter is the person is (a) 21 years old or above; and (b) a Samoan citizen;
Source: The Electoral Act 2019, Article 14: https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
Verified: 2021/04/09
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VR004

Authority responsible for voter registration
Question:Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer: d. Election Management Body (specify)
Comments: The Electoral Commission has the functions to register voters and maintain election rolls and determine issues of eligibility of voters and candidates and other complex issues in a timely manner prior to the closing of rolls or immediately prior to polling day.
Source: The Electoral Commission Act 2019, Article 4 (j): https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Commission-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
Verified: 2021/04/09
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VR008

Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question:Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Every person qualified to be registered as an elector or a voter shall (if he or she is in Samoa) make application in the prescribed form to the Commissioner of Electors for registration as an elector or voter within one month after the date upon which he or she turns 21 years old.
Source: The Electoral Act 2019, Article 13 (1): https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
Verified: 2021/04/09
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