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American Samoa is the only U.S. territory where residents don’t have birthright citizenship. They’re U.S. nationals instead, and it complicates voting

A state appeals court in Alaska threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen.

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Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen.

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