Title 3, Elections

In furtherance of Public Law Number 23-147, now codified as Chapter 21 of Title 1 of the Guam Code Annotated, wherein the Commission on Decolonization was established and given the mandate to conduct a plebiscite on the political status wishes of the people of Guam, I Liheslatura…

(a) ‘Board’ shall mean the Decolonization Registry Board established under the Guam Election Commission for the purposes of guiding the establishment, administration and maintenance of the Guam Decolonization Registry. (b) ‘Commission’ shall mean the Guam Election Commission. (c)…

No person shall be registered with the Guam Decolonization Registry, except upon the person’s declaration under penalty of perjury that they meet the qualification as defined above. The Commission shall prepare forms for the collection of data pertaining to registration eligibili…

The Commission shall waive the affidavit of registration process for individuals that have received a Chamorro Land Trust Commission lease or have been pre-approved to receive a Chamorro Land Trust Commission property lease. Those individuals shall be included on the registration…

Every person who is a Native Inhabitant of Guam, as defined above, or who is descended from a Native Inhabitant of Guam is entitled to register with the Guam Decolonization Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

Individuals below the age of eighteen (18) years, who turn eighteen (18) years on or before the date of the Political Status Plebiscite, shall be entitled to register with the Guam Decolonization Registry by a parent or legal guardian. Such parent or guardian must register such m…

Persons who are eligible under this Chapter to register with the Guam Decolonization Registry, but who are not on Guam at such time as they intend to register, may complete and submit a declaration, under penalty of perjury, that they meet the qualification as defined above and s…

Individuals below the age of eighteen (18) years who are eligible under this Chapter to register with the Guam Decolonization 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 submit…

A person may register with the Guam Decolonization Registry at any time during the year, except at such times when the Commission shall close the registration rolls for the purposes of conducting the Political Status COL1242015 Plebiscite. At such times the registration rolls sha…

Registration for Native Inhabitants of Guam with the Guam Decolonization 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 Commis…

The Commission shall coordinate with the leadership of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government of Guam, and the Mayors Council of Guam, a uniform method and schedule wherein all government of Guam employees and their dependents may register at the emplo…

(a) A person who meets the qualifications to register under this Chapter may submit their registration electronically via the Guam Election Commission website. (b) The applicant must attest, under penalty of perjury, to the truth of the information provided on the application by …

Any person who willfully causes, procures or allows that person, or any person, to be registered with the Guam Decolonization Registry, while knowing that the person, or other person, is not entitled to register with the Guam Decolonization Registry, shall be guilty of perjury as…

Except in the event of cancellation pursuant to this Chapter or the Rules and Regulations, the registration of a Native Inhabitant of Guam is permanent for all purposes. It shall be the duty of the Commission to issue to each registered Native Inhabitant of Guam a card indicating…

Decolonization 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 registrati…

3 GCA § 3111 applies to compensation of registration clerks for the Guam Decolonization Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

3 GCA § 3112 applies to registration clerks of the Guam Decolonization Registry taking affidavits. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

3 GCA § 3113 applies to Registration Clerks for the Guam Decolonization Registry not charging fees for their registering persons or for the taking of affidavits of registration. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

All registration clerks shall return all affidavits of registration and all books or pads in their possession containing stubs, spoiled affidavits or COL1242015 unused affidavit forms to the Commission, which shall file the original and copy of each affidavit separately in a secu…

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. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000)…

The Commission shall report to the Attorney General of Guam the names of any registration clerk who has not complied with the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

3 GCA § 3118 applies to registration clerks for the Guam Decolonization Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

3 GCA § 3119 applies to applicants for the Guam Decolonization Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

3 GCA § 3123 applies to the Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services for the purpose of this Guam Decolonization Registry. COL1242015 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

If a registration clerk refuses to register any person eligible to register with the Guam Decolonization 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 acti…

Any person may proceed by action in the Superior Court of Guam 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 that person to be made a party defendant.…

The Commission shall preserve all un-cancelled affidavits of registration, and the cancelled duplicates, made for the purpose of procuring registration. The affidavits of registration shall constitute the Guam Decolonization Registry required to be kept by the provisions of this …

The Commission shall prepare an index of the Guam Decolonization Registry and provide sufficient copies thereof. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

Upon written demand of any member of the public, the Commission shall furnish to the person one (1) copy of the index of the Guam Decolonization Registry at a charge consistent with the Sunshine Act of COL1242015 1987, as amended. All moneys so collected shall be deposited into t…

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

The Executive Director of the Commission; the Chairperson of the Commission; the Executive Director of the Commission on Self- Determination/Decolonization; the Executive Director of the Chamorro Heritage Institute, once established; and the Chairperson of the Committee on Federa…

The Commission 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 Guam Decolonization Registry. Where such duties overlap with d…

It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to provide all necessary forms as prescribed by the Board for the establishment of the Guam Decolonization Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-106:2 (Mar. 24, 2000).

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

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 s…