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Sep 12, 2026

Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who checked US citizen box

Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who incorrectly checked a box indicating she was a U.S. citizen. The decision affects a group of American Samoan residents who made the same error on voter forms.

Sep 12, 2026·3 sources
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  • ▪The Alaska Court of Appeals panel overturned a lower court's decision that had previously kept the felony voter misconduct charges against Tupe Smith active
  • ▪Tupe Smith was arrested after winning election to a regional school board in 2023 and being indicted on two counts of felony voter misconduct
  • ▪American Samoans can serve in the military and obtain U.S. passports, but they cannot hold public office in the U.S. or participate in most U.S. elections

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