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Supporting the Call to Modernize the FSM Five-Year Residency Requirement

The article by Mr. Dave Sokoti Bernard, “A Proposal to Update the Residency Requirement for Candidates Seeking Election to the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia,” presents a timely and necessary discussion that deserves national attention—especially from Yap State. The current five-year physical residency requirement for congressional candidates, established in 1979,...