Title 3, Elections

Persons who are eligible under § 18003 of this Chapter to register with the Chamorro Registry, but who are not on Guam at such time as they intend to register, may complete and submit, via certified mail, a notarized affidavit of registration to the Commission. Affidavits of regi…

Individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years, who are eligible under § 18003 of this Chapter to register with the Chamorro Registry, but who are not on Guam at such time as they are to be registered, may be registered by a parent or legal guardian who shall complete and submi…

A person may register with the Chamorro Registry at any time during the year, except at such times when the Commission shall close the registration rolls for the purposes of conducting elections or plebiscites. At such times, the registration rolls shall be closed ten (10) days p…

Registration for Chamorros with the Chamorro Registry shall be in progress at the main office of the Commission during such hours as the office is open for business, prior to any closing of the registration rolls. Upon enactment of this Act, the Commission shall deputize as many …

Any person who willfully causes, procures, or allows himself or any person to be registered with the Chamorro Registry, while knowing that he or that other person is not entitled to register with the Chamorro Registry, is guilty of perjury as a misdemeanor. An individual who is g…

The registration of a Chamorro is permanent for all purposes. It shall be the duty of the Commission to issue to each registered Chamorro a card indicating that such person has been registered with the Chamorro Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 2…

Registry. The Commission may appoint any qualified adult as a registration clerk. No person holding an elective office or who is a candidate for elective office shall be appointed as a registration clerk. Under no circumstances may a volunteer clerk deny registration to a person …

§ 3111 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. COL1242014 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20012. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3112 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20013. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3113 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20014. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

All registration clerks shall return all affidavits of registration and all books or pads in their possession containing stubs, spoiled affidavits, or unused affidavit forms to the Commission, which shall file the original and copy of each affidavit separately in a securely locke…

Any person having charge of affidavits of registration is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) neglects or refuses to make all the entries provided for in this Title; or (b) fails or neglects to comply with any provision of this Chapter. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996)…

The Commission shall report to the Attorney General of Guam, under oath, the names of any registration clerk who has not complied with the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20017. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuan…

§ 3117 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20018. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3118 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20019. ffective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3122 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20020. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

If a registration clerk refuses to register any person eligible to register with the Chamorro Registry, such person may appeal such refusal to the Commission, and if the Commission upholds or affirms the ruling of the registration clerk, such person may proceed by action in the S…

Any person may proceed by action in the Superior Court to compel the Commission to cancel any registration made illegally. If the person whose registration is sought to be canceled is not a party to the action, the Court may order him to be made a party defendant. The Commission,…

The Commission shall preserve all uncanceled affidavits of registration, and the canceled duplicates, made for the purpose of procuring registration. The affidavits of registration shall constitute the Chamorro Registry required to be kept by the provisions of this Chapter. SOURC…

The Commission shall prepare an index of the Chamorro Registry and provide sufficient copies thereof. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20024. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L…

Upon written demand of any member of the public, the Commission shall furnish to him or her one (1) copy of the index of the Chamorro Registry at a charge prescribed by the Commission. All moneys so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the government of Guam. SOURCE: A…

Composition; Removal of Members; Chairperson; Quorum. There is hereby established a Chamorro Registry Advisory Board with the following provisions: COL1242014 (a) There is within the government of Guam and under authority of the Guam Election Commission the Chamorro Registry Advi…

The Executive Director of the Election Commission, the Chairperson of the Election Commission, the Executive Director of the Commission on COL1242014 Self-Determination, the Executive Director of the Chamorro Heritage Institute once established, and the Chairperson of the Committ…

The Board shall have direct and immediate supervision over the registration clerks designated in accordance with this Chapter to perform duties relative to the establishment, administration, and maintenance of the Chamorro Registry. Where such duties overlap with duties relative …

It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to provide all necessary forms as prescribed by the Board for the establishment of the Chamorro Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20029. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23…

It shall be the responsibility of the Board to prepare and promulgate informational brochures providing basic information pertaining to the establishment of the Chamorro Registry, eligibility requirements, guidelines for registration, and any other such information as the Board s…

The Board shall have the power to summon the parties to a controversy pending before it, issue subpoenas duces tecum and otherwise to take testimony in any investigation or hearing pending before it and delegate such power to any officer. Any controversy submitted to the Board sh…