Legal residents of American Samoa living there, not U.S. citizens, are not allowed to vote in the U.S. federal elections, only political party primaries. So we can help nominate a candidate, but we can't vote in the mainland election. We are considered US Nationals on an unincorporated US territory, administered under the U.S. Department of the Interior (as is Native America). You have to apply to be a U.S. Citizen (a sovereignty issue).