Title 3, Elections

Fifteen (15) days prior to any election, the registration rolls shall be closed, and no further affidavits of registration shall be accepted by the Commission. SOURCE: GC § 2059. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-149:4 (June 19, 1974). Codified as 3 GCA § 3104. Amended by P.L. 18…

The registration of electors shall be in progress at all times at the main office of the Commission during such hours as the office is open for business until the closing of the registration rolls. Electors may also be registered at such times and places within Guam as the Commis…

Schools and Colleges of the University of Guam. (a) All public high schools, the Guam Community College, and schools and colleges of the University of Guam are designated as places of registration of electors. (b) Registration shall take place during the normal business hours of …

(a) The transfer of registration from one (1) precinct to another precinct shall be in progress only at those times and at those places that the registration of electors is taking place. (b) No registered voter may be transferred from one (1) village or district to another villag…

The application for an absentee ballot shall constitute a sufficient registration of the voter in the municipality, municipal division or district in which the voter resides; provided, that the application is received by the Commission prior to the closing of the registration rol…

The Commission shall appoint at least one (1) registration clerk for each district. SOURCE: GC § 2061. Codified as 3 GCA § 3109. Amended by P.L. 25-146:13 (June 12, 2000). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

(a) [Repealed.] (b) Any elector appointed as a registration clerk shall serve a limited term, which shall begin from the date of appointment until midnight on the day that is twenty-one (21) days before the next election. The Commission shall promulgate policies and procedures to…

(a) Any person who is appointed as a district registration clerk shall receive compensation at a rate set by the Commission. (b) Any employee of the government of Guam who is appointed to be a district registration clerk, and who performs such duties as a part of that person’s go…

All registration clerks are empowered to take affidavits of registration, and it shall be his or her duty to register the same in an appropriate book of registration furnished by the Commission. SOURCE: GC § 2064. Codified as 3 GCA § 3112. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 …

No fees may be charged for registration or for the taking of affidavits of registration. SOURCE: GC § 2065. Codified as 3 GCA § 3113. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

When the registration for any election is closed, all registration clerks shall, immediately thereafter, return all affidavits of registration and all books or pads in their possession containing stubs, spoiled or unused affidavit blanks to the Commission, which shall as soon the…

Within five (5) days after the close of registration, the Commission shall report to the Attorney General of Guam, under oath, the name(s) of the registration clerk or clerks who have not complied with the provisions of this Title. SOURCE: GC § 2068. Codified as 3 GCA § 3116. Rep…

If a registration clerk refuses to register any qualified elector on Guam, the elector may appeal such refusal to the Commission, and if the Commission upholds or affirms the ruling of the registration clerk, such qualified elector may proceed by action in the Superior Court to c…

Costs shall not be recovered against the registration clerk in any action under this Chapter, unless it is alleged in the complaint, and established in the trial, that the registration clerk knowingly and willfully violated his or her duty. SOURCE: GC § 2070. Codified as 3 GCA § …

Upon the personal or written application of any person, the Election Commission shall provide him or her a certified copy of the entries upon the register relating to the applicant. SOURCE: GC § 2071. Amended by P.L. 12-117:3 (Mar. 28, 1974). Codified as 3 GCA § 3119. Repealed an…

Cancellation shall be made by writing in indelible ink or stamping on the affidavit of registration the word “cancelled,” the reason therefore, the signature of the cancelling official and the date of cancellation. SOURCE: GC § 2072. Codified as 3 GCA § 3120 and entitled “Cancell…

The registration of a voter is permanent for all purposes during that person’s life, unless and until the affidavit of registration is cancelled by the Commission for any of the causes specified in this Chapter. SOURCE: GC § 2073. Codified as 3 GCA § 3121. Amended by P.L. 25-146:…

The Commission shall cancel the registration of an elector in the following cases: (a) at the request of the person registered; (b) when the mental incompetence of a person registered is legally declared; (c) upon the production of a certification from the Guam Police Department,…

No later than the fifteenth (15th) day of each month, the Director of Public Health and Social Services shall furnish the Commission with an abstract of the register of deaths for all decedents sixteen (16) years of age and over, showing the: (a) full name; (b) sex; (c) date of b…

(a) Within ninety (90) days of the certification of the returns of any general election or a runoff election subsequent thereto, the Commission shall cancel the registration of any person who failed to vote in the general election pursuant to § 3121(f). Prior to the cancellation …

Every judge before whom proceedings are held which result in any person being declared incapable of managing or taking care of either himself or herself, or property, or both, and for whom a guardian of his or her person, or estate, or both, is accordingly appointed, or which res…

Any person may proceed by action in the Superior Court to compel the Commission to cancel any registration made illegally, or which should be cancelled by reason of facts that have occurred subsequent to the registration. If the voter whose registration is sought to be cancelled …

The Commission shall preserve all uncancelled affidavits of registration made for the purpose of procuring registration. The affidavits of registration shall constitute the register of voters required to be maintained by the provisions of this Title. SOURCE: GC § 2080. Codified a…

Within ten (10) days after the last day of registration for any election, the Commission shall compile the original affidavits of registration for each precinct in which the election is to be held in such manner as the Commission may prescribe in the Election Manual. SOURCE: GC §…

The Commission shall prepare an index of the registration of voters and provide sufficient copies thereof for use in any election. No later than July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Commission shall distribute a copy of the index for each municipality to the mayor and vice-mayor…

Upon written demand of any candidate in any forthcoming election or upon written demand of a candidate’s campaign committee, the Commission shall furnish one (1) copy of the index of the registration of voters for such election, subject to a charge as may be prescribed in the Ele…

On the day of any election, the Commission shall maintain in its office, or at the Election Return Center in an easily accessible and organized form, the original affidavits of registration with supporting documentation to assist it in disposing of any challenges or questions tha…

Except during the ninety (90) days prior to a General Election, the Election Commission shall publish, separate from other listings on its website, the names of all new voters registered during each previous thirty (30) days. These monthly listings shall be provided as an update,…