(a) No person shall be certified as a candidate for nomination unless the following number of qualified electors shall have signed a petition in favor of the candidate:
Office Required Number of Signatures Mayor 100 Vice Mayor 100 Senator 250 I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na Maga’lahi 500 Washington Representative 500
(b) When there are candidates for the mayoral or vice- mayoral positions in municipalities or districts that had less than
one thousand (1,000) total votes cast in the prior election, the mayoral and vice-mayoral candidates in these jurisdictions shall acquire five percent (5%) of the qualified electors based from the prior election. SOURCE: GC § 2914. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16205. Amended by P.L. 25-146:62 (May 27, 2000). Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012). NOTE: Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner changed to Mayor and Vice Mayor pursuant to P.L. 20-033 (Sept. 6, 1989).