Title 3 — Elections

The words and phrases in this Chapter shall, unless the same is inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows: (a) Commission means the Election Commission. (b) Election means a general election as distinguished from a primary election or a special election. (c) Election…

This Chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of the primary voter. SOURCE: GC § 2901. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16102. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31- 255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012). 2012 NOTE: This section was originally codified f…

The laws relating to elections shall apply to a primary insofar as they are consistent with this Chapter, the intent of which is to place the primary under the regulation and protection of the election laws, as far as possible, consistently with this Chapter. SOURCE: GC § 2902. A…

A partisan candidate for office shall be nominated in accordance with this Chapter and not otherwise, except as otherwise provided by law. SOURCE: GC § 2903. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16104. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31- 255:2 …

Not less than ninety (90) days before the holding of a primary, each party seeking ballot placement shall submit to the Commission a list of its officers and of its central committee. SOURCE: GC § 2904. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16105. Repealed and…

The cost of ballots, blanks and other supplies to be used at any primary, and other costs properly incurred in the preparation for or conducting of the primary, shall be borne by the government of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 2905. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § …

Officials. The Commission, at the expense of the government, shall provide the necessary polling places and ballot boxes for conducting an election for nomination of candidates for office. The Commission, at the expense of the government, shall pay election officials for their se…

In the event that fewer than fifteen (15) candidates are running for I Liheslaturan Guåhan within any party, the central committee of such party or parties shall not fill the party slate for the primary or general election to a full fifteen (15) nominees with its own nomination b…

No person shall be deemed nominated in a primary election unless the candidate receives votes at least three (3) times greater than the required number of signatures needed for a nomination petition for candidacy for such election, or votes equal to four percent (4%) of the total…

The primary shall be conducted at the polling place or places determined by the Election Commission in each district on the first Saturday of August in every even-numbered year. SOURCE: GC § 2910. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Amended by P.L. 12-119:1 (Apr. 3, 1974), P.L.…

(a) At least thirty (30) days before the date for holding the primary, the Commission shall prepare and transmit to each municipal mayor a notice, in writing, designating the office for which candidates are to be nominated at the primary, and state the time, date, and the place w…

(a) No candidate’s name shall be printed upon any official ballot to be used at any primary election unless a nomination paper shall have been filed on his or her behalf and in his or her legal name, as provided in this Chapter in substantially the following form: “NOMINATING PET…

(a) No person shall sign the nomination papers of more than one (1) candidate for the same office, nor for more than the actual number of offices of one (1) class. Nomination papers shall be construed in this regard according to priority of filing, and the name of any person appe…

(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 …

Nomination papers shall be filed with the Commission at least ninety (90) days but not earlier than one hundred sixty (160) days prior to the day for holding the primary. There shall be deposited with each nomination a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) on account of the expens…

Nomination papers may be filed on behalf of independent candidates. The papers shall be in the same form and signed in the same manner as in the case of party candidates. SOURCE: GC § 2916. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16207. Repealed and reenacted to…

(a) In case of the death, withdrawal or disqualification of a nominee for I Maga’låhen Guåhan after a primary, the candidate for I Segundu Na Maga’lahi on the same slate shall thereupon become candidate for I Maga’låhen Guåhan, who shall then select the nominee for I Segundu Na M…

Ballots used in the primary election shall be in the form prescribed by the Guam Election Commission and shall conform to the following minimum requirements: (a) (1) All candidates for all offices to be contested in the forthcoming general election shall appear on a primary ballo…

No person shall be entitled to vote at any primary unless he or she shall have registered as a duly qualified elector of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 2930. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16401. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31- 255:2 (Dec. 11, 20…

Any person desiring to vote at a primary shall state his or her full name and address to the election officials, and shall present a validly issued photo identification card issued by a federal, state, Guam secondary school, Guam post-secondary school or Government of Guam entity…

Any person rightfully within the polling place may challenge the right of any other person requesting to vote. The challenge shall be on the grounds that the elector is not the person alleged to be, or that the elector is not entitled to vote on the grounds specified in § 9118, C…

I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na Maga’låhi; Other Offices; Primary Constituting Election to Office. (a) I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na Maga’låhi team receiving a plurality of votes cast for a partisan nomination shall be the party nominees for the general election. No I…

All questions as to validity of a ballot cast at any primary election held under this Chapter shall be decided upon immediately, and the opinion of the majority of the Commission shall be final and binding, subject to review by the Superior Court of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 2934. Added…

Any candidate directly interested, or any registered and qualified elector of any precinct, may file a petition in the Superior Court of Guam, setting forth any cause or causes why the decision of the Commission should be revised, corrected or changed. SOURCE: GC § 2935. Added by…

The petition shall be filed in the Superior Court of Guam within seven (7) days following the primary election proposed to be contested. SOURCE: GC § 2936. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16502. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31- 255:2 (D…

The Clerk of the Superior Court shall issue a summon to the respondents named in the petition to appear before the Superior Court within five (5) days after thereof. SOURCE: GC § 2937. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 GCA § 16503. Repealed and reenacted to this…

(a) The Court shall hear the contest in a summary manner, and at the hearing, the Court shall cause the evidence to be reduced to writing, and shall, within eight (8) days following the return, give judgment, fully stating all findings of fact and of law. (b) The judgment shall d…