Title 3 — Elections
21 chapters · 482 sections in this title.
3 GCA § 6101 Liheslaturan Guåhan (Guam Legislature),
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Description. I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall be a unicameral body consisting of fifteen (15) Members who are elected at large and as provided by law. SOURCE: GC § 2200. Amended by P.L. 13-152:1 (July 1, 1976). Codified as 3 GCA § 6101. Amended by P.L. 16-121:1 (Dec. 23, 1982). Repeal…
3 GCA § 6102 Terms of Office
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Members of I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature) shall be elected for terms of two (2) years. SOURCE: GC § 2201. Codified as 3 GCA § 6103. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012). 2012 NOTE: This section was added by P.L. 13-152:6 (July 1, 1…
3 GCA § 6103 Qualifications of Members
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No person shall be a Member of I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature) who is not a citizen of the United States, who has not attained the age of twenty-five (25) years, and who has not been domiciled in Guam for at least five (5) consecutive years immediately preceding the …
3 GCA § 6104 Candidacy: Disqualification of Election Officials
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In the event a Commissioner of the GEC or any member of any precinct board of election becomes a candidate for office in any election, he or she shall automatically be disqualified from further Guam Election Commission service, or precinct board, which shall thereupon become vaca…
3 GCA § 6105 Person Eligible for Only One (1) Office
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(a) No person shall be eligible for more than one (1) elective office to be filled in the same election. The term “election” as used in this Section includes a general and a local election held on the same date, so as to prohibit a person from running for office in a local electi…
3 GCA § 6106 Declaration by Sponsors
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A declaration of candidacy may be filed with the Commission by any five (5) registered voters of Guam who jointly propose a candidate for I Liheslaturan Guåhan, or for any office, without the signature of that candidate. If the office to be filled is for a municipality or divisio…
3 GCA § 6107 Candidacy Decline or Acceptance
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Any candidate for whom a declaration of candidacy has been filed either by a political party or by sponsors may decline or accept to be a candidate by making known such declination or acceptance in writing to the Commission within two (2) workings days following the submission of…
3 GCA § 6108 Filing of Nominating Petitions
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, candidates for I Liheslaturan Guåhan, offices of I Maga’låhen/Maga'hågan Guåhan [Governor] and I Sigundo Maga’låhen/Maga'hågan Guåhan [Lieutenant Governor], Washington Representative, Mayor and Vice Mayor, the Public Auditor and the Att…
3 GCA § 6109 Official Record of Candidacy
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The Commission, with which declarations of candidacies and nominating petition papers are required to be filed, shall keep a record in which shall be entered the name of the candidate or nominee, the title of the office, the party, if applicable, and time of filing. It shall main…
3 GCA § 6110 Convicted Felons and Others Shall Not be Candidates
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all candidates for any elected public office, board or commission shall not have been convicted of a felony, and shall not have been convicted of a misdemeanor involving criminal sexual conduct or crime of moral turpitude. At the time o…