| 词条 | 2008 American Samoan general election | |||||||||||
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General elections was held in American Samoa on 4 November 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections. Gubernatorial election{{Main|American Samoa gubernatorial election, 2008}}Incumbent governor Togiola Tulafono sought re-election. The gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. U.S. Congressional election{{Main|United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2008}}Ten term incumbent Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, a Democrat, sought an 11th term.[1] He was challenged by Republican Aumua Amata Coleman and Independent Rosie F. Tago Lancaster.[2] American Samoa House of Representatives election{{Main|American Samoan legislative election, 2008}}There were 54 candidates vying for the 20 elected seats in the American Samoa House of Representatives.[2] All seats in the House are up for election in 2008. Every incumbent member of the House sought re-election, except for Gaoteote P. Gaoteote who is retiring.[2] The only member who ran unopposed was Rep. Agaoleatu Charlie Tautolo.[2]
ReferendumA referendum to allow the legislative override of the governor’s vetoes was on the ballot on November 4, 2008.[3] The American Samoa Fono passed the proposal giving itself the authority to override a veto by the Governor of American Samoa.[3] The proposal was then submitted to the Governor's office to be forwarded to the American Samoa election office as a referendum.[3] The referendum will ask voters to agree to amend the Constitution of American Samoa to give the Fono, rather than the United States Secretary of the Interior, the power to override a veto by the Governor.[3] Currently, a veto can only be overridden by the United States Secretary of the Interior, who is based in Washington D.C.[3] Any veto powers bestowed on the Fono would require a two-thirds majority in both the American Samoa House of Representatives and the American Samoa Senate before becoming law.[3] ResultsThe legislative over-ride proposal was defeated narrowly in the referendum, thereby maintaining the veto powers to the United States Secretary of the Interior.[3] {{electiontable|American Samoan veto override referendum, 2008}}Summary of the 4 November 2008 American Samoan legislative override referendum results|- | Choice | Votes | % |- |align="left" |No |align="right" |6,159 |align="right" |50.1 |- |align="left" |Yes |align="right" |6,137 |align="right" |49.9 |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top"|Total valid votes |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|12,296 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0 |- |colspan="3" align="left"|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081112225523/http://205.161.14.36/results_referendum_2008.htm American Samoa Election Office] |} References1. ^ {{cite news |first=|last=|title=American Samoa’s member of US Congress to seek re-election next year |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=36326|work=Radio New Zealand International |publisher= |date=2007-11-09 |accessdate=2008-10-19}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |first=Fili|last=Sagapolutele|title=Official list for General Election 2008 released |url=http://www.samoanews.com/tuesday.09022008/story12.html|work=Samoa News |publisher= |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2008-10-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |first=|last=|title=Veto over-ride to go to a referendum in American Samoa |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41859|work=Radio New Zealand International |publisher=|date=2008-09-07 |accessdate=2008-09-19}} External links
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