IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: American Samoa

Name	Official Name	Type
American Samoan Non-Voting Delegate to US House of Representatives		Non-Voting Delegate to US House of Representatives
American Somoan Senate		Upper House
American Somoan Governor	Governor	Head of Government
American Somoan House of Representatives		Lower House

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Joe BIDEN
Head of Government: Governor Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA
Assembly: American Samoa has a bicameral Legislature (Fono) consisting of the Senate with 18 seats and the House of Representatives with 21 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 4-year term.
Governor is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
In the Senate 18 members are selected by regional governing councils to serve 2-year terms.*
In the House of Representatives, 20 members are elected by popular vote to serve 2-year terms and 1 member is elected by public meeting on Swains Island to serve a 2-year term.**

* Senators are selected by local chiefs through a method called faa-Samoa, showing that they are in good standing in the community.

** The member elected by public meeting on Swains Island is a nonvoting member of the House of Representatives

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
American Samoan Non-Voting Delegate to US House of Representatives	2014-11-04	10,246	16,776	61.08%
American Somoan House of Representatives	2014-11-04	11,913	16,776	71.01%
American Somoan Senate	2014-11-04	-	-	-