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Andrew Gray
18:15 - 18:52
"What this ballot measure before us does is make it so that they can never do that, barring any action from the federal government. It does not look like at this moment, from my vantage point, that the American federal government is about to expand voting rights to American Samoans. So this ballot measure would really constrain what the legislature can do to solve this issue. What an American Samoan is currently is an American national."
“What this ballot measure before us does is make it so that they can never do that, barring any action from the federal government. It does not look like at this moment, from my vantage point, that the American federal government is about to expand voting rights to American Samoans. So this ballot measure would really constrain what the legislature can do to solve this issue. What an American Samoan is currently is an American national.”
- Speaker
- Andrew Gray
- Timestamp
- 18:15 – 18:52
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
From the transcript
They should be able to run for local office like the school board, and they should be able to serve their local communities. What this ballot measure before us does is make it so that they can never do that, barring any action from the federal government. It does not look like at this moment, from my vantage point, that the American federal government is about to expand voting rights to American Samoans. So this ballot measure would really constrain what the legislature can do to solve this issue. What an American Samoan is currently is an American national.
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