Title 3, Elections

When used in this Chapter: (a) “Advertisement” means: (1) any communication, exclusive of bumper stickers or other sundry items paid for by or on behalf of a candidate, which identifies a candidate directly or by implication, or which advocates or supports the nomination for elec…

The Election Commission shall supervise campaign contributions and expenditures, and its duties in regards to this Chapter shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) to ascertain whether any candidate, committee, political party, or other person has failed to file a…

All reports required to be filed by this Chapter by a candidate or committees supporting a candidate with his consent shall be certified as correct by the candidate. All reports required to be filed under this Chapter by a political party or any other committee shall be certified…

If a candidate dies prior to the filing of his or her final report, the campaign treasurer for the election committee of said candidate shall file a final report as required by § 17118. The treasurer shall note in the report that the candidate is deceased and that it will be the …

If a candidate passes away after a final report has been submitted to the Commission, but before a supplemental report is due regarding a deficit or surplus as provided in Subsections (c) and (d) of § 17118, COL 2025-08-27 the treasurer or authorized representative of the candida…

Each candidate, committee, and political party shall file an organizational report no later than the earliest of the following applicable days: (a) on or before the day of filing for nomination or election; (b) by the tenth (10th) day after receiving any contributions for the nex…

(a) The organizational report shall include: (1) the full name, address, office sought when known, and party affiliation of each candidate or individual whom the committee or party is supporting and the name and address of the committee or party; (2) the full names and addresses …

(a) Every committee, political party, and candidate shall appoint a campaign treasurer on or before the day for filing an organizational report. Up to five (5) deputy campaign treasurers may be appointed. A candidate may appoint himself or herself as campaign treasurer. (b) A cam…

(a) All monetary contributions shall be promptly deposited in a financial depository duly authorized to do business on Guam, such as a bank, savings and loan institution, industrial loan company, or similar financial institution, in the name of the candidate, committee, or politi…

(a) A candidate, campaign treasurer, or committee shall not receive any contribution, make any expenditure, or receive or make any transfer of money or anything of value; (1) for any purpose other than those directly related to: (A) in the case of the candidate, to his or her own…

(a) No person shall make a contribution of his or her own money or property or money of another person of more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to any candidate, political party or committee in connection with a nomination for election, or election, anonymously; nor shall any c…

No person shall make any contributions of his own money or property or money of another person to any candidate, political party, or committee in connection with a nomination for election, or election, in any other name than the name of the person owning the money or who supplied…

(a) No person shall make aggregate contributions in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($l,000.00) for any one (1) candidate in any calendar year for any primary election, and no person shall make aggregate contributions in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for any one (1) cand…

(a) A candidate may draw on the campaign treasurer for expenditures related to his or her campaign or political activities. The candidate shall make a detailed accounting of his campaign expenditures and the accounting shall be made a part of the reports required in §§ 17116 and …

The candidate, party, or committee, when signing any type of contract, shall provide the other party of the contract a copy of its organizational report, stamped by the Guam Election Commission. Failure to comply with this Section shall result in a fine of not less than One Thous…

Each candidate, or authorized person in the case of a political party, or campaign treasurer in the case of a committee, shall file a preliminary report with the Election Commission on forms provided by the Election Commission not later than the tenth (10th) day prior to each ele…

Any political candidate, committee, or party, which raises contributions or other things of value for campaign or political purposes, shall not be required to register with the Department of Revenue and Taxation nor file any tax returns with the Department of Revenue and Taxation…

(a) Each candidate whether or not successful in a primary or special primary election, or authorized person in the case of a party, or campaign treasurer in the case of a committee, shall file a final primary report not later than the tenth (10th) day after the primary or special…

(a) All candidates who withdraw or cease to be candidates, or committees directly associated with these candidates, or persons who receive contributions but fail to file for nomination, or committees or parties which discontinue their activities covered in this Chapter, shall ret…

(a) No person shall cause or submit any advertisement in support of a candidate to be published, broadcasted, televised, posted on-line, mass-mailed, canvassed, or otherwise circulated and distributed, except under the following conditions: (1) the advertisement shall contain a n…

(a) Complaints of violations of this Chapter against any person shall be filed with the Election Commission. The complaint shall be in writing, signed under oath by the complainant, and shall be notarized. (b) The Election Commission shall give notice of receipt of the complaint …

(a) Any person willfully violating any provision of this Chapter shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be punishable in the manner prescribed as follows: (1) if a natural person, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to fines and/or the penalties s…