Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 16 — Delegates to Congress
§ 1734. Territorial government; determination of election procedure
Statutory text
Acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with section 9, article II of the American Samoan Revised Constitution, the territorial government will determine the order of names on the ballot for election of Delegate, the method by which a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate shall be conducted, the method by which ties between candidates for the office of Delegate shall be resolved, and all other matters of local application pertaining to the election and the office of Delegate not otherwise expressly provided for herein.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 95–556 § 4 · 92 Stat. 2078
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1734
(Pub. L. 95–556, § 4, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–556, § 4, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. 48 USC 1734. Acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with section 9, article II of the American Samoan Revised Constitution, the territorial government will determine the order of names on the ballot for election of Delegate, the method by which a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate shall be conducted, the method by which ties between candidates for the office of Delegate shall be resolved, and all other matters of local application pertaining to the election and the office of Delegate not otherwise expressly provided for herein.
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