Title 3 — Elections
21 chapters · 482 sections in this title.
3 GCA § 7101 Election Expenses
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All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation or the conducting of elections as provided in this Title, shall be paid from appropriations by I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature). All payments shall be made in the same manner as are other public expen…
3 GCA § 7102 Use of Imitation or Unauthorized Ballots Forbidden
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No person shall make, use, keep or furnish to others any paper in imitation of official ballots. SOURCE: GC § 2251. Codified as 3 GCA § 7102. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).
3 GCA § 7103 Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verified Paper Ballots
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(VVPB). Electronic voting machines, on which voters shall enter their vote, and from which Voter Verified Paper Ballots shall be printed for verification of accuracy by voters before casting, shall be permitted for use in Guam elections, provided: (a) that the electronic voting m…
3 GCA § 7104 Sample Ballots
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At least twenty (20) days before any election, the Commission shall certify to the printer the sample ballot with the names of the nominees thereon in the same order and manner as they will appear on the official ballot, and immediately thereafter cause a true copy of the same to…
3 GCA § 7105 Amended by P.L. 31-059:2 (May 24, 2011). Repealed and reenacted by P.L
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31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012). 2016 NOTE: Subsection designations were added to adhere to the Compiler’s codification and alpha-numeric schemes pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.
3 GCA § 7106 Order of Names for Other Offices
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The Commission shall prepare all ballots for all elections on Guam. All such ballots shall contain the names of nominees for other offices in a similar manner as for I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature). SOURCE: GC § 2255. Codified as 3 GCA § 7106. Repealed and reenacted …
3 GCA § 7107 Presidential Election
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The ballot for the general election in each year evenly divisible by four (4) shall contain the names of the nominees for President and Vice-President of the United States of each national political party which has made such nominations. In addition, any team of candidates which …
3 GCA § 7108 Space for Marking Ballot; Space for Write-in Candidates
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(a) Immediately adjacent to the name of each nominee or adjacent to the word “Incumbent,” as the case may be, shall be placed ovals or other defined COL222017 spaces of sufficient size for the placing of a mark therein. A clear and distinct mark within the oval or other space pro…
3 GCA § 7109 Ballots Furnished to Precincts
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For each election, the Commission shall determine the number of ballots to be provided to each precinct. SOURCE: GC § 2257. Amended by P.L. 12-149:9 (June 19, 1974). Codified as 3 GCA § 7109. Amended by P.L. 25-146:32 (June 12, 2000). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec.…
3 GCA § 7110 Correction of Error or Omission
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Whenever it appears by affidavit of a voter or nominee that an error or omission has occurred in the publication of the name or description of any nominee or in the printing of the ballot, the Superior Court of Guam, or a judge thereof, shall, upon application of the affiant, by …
3 GCA § 7111 Delivery of Ballots, Machines and Supplies
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The Commission shall, before the opening of the polls at any election, cause to be delivered to the precinct board of each precinct where an election is to be held, the proper number of ballots, voting machines if they are to be utilized, the voter registration roster for that pr…
3 GCA § 7112 Receipts for Ballots
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The Commission shall cause to be prepared a receipt for each polling place, enumerating the packages and stating the time, day and date when they were delivered to the precinct board leader. The precinct leader shall sign the receipt upon receiving the packages, which shall forth…
3 GCA § 7113 Loss or Destruction of Ballots
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In case of the prevention of an election in any precinct by the loss or the destruction of the ballots intended for that precinct, the precinct leader or other member of the board for that precinct, shall prepare an affidavit stating forth the fact, and shall immediately transmit…
3 GCA § 7114 Instructions to Voters
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At the top of the ballot, there shall be printed instructions to the voters as to the number of nominees to vote for, the marks to be used, including a sample of the marks, and other such instructions as the Commission deems necessary. SOURCE: GC § 2262. Codified as 3 GCA § 7114.…
3 GCA § 7115 Nicknames, Other Identifiers on Ballot
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COL222017 Any person who is a candidate for any office may, at the time of filing his or her nominating petition, or, thereafter, as the Commission by uniform regulations may prescribe, file with the Commission a request that his or her name be further identified on the ballot by…
3 GCA § 7116 Security of Ballots
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(a) The Commission shall promulgate and publish in the Election Manual rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law to ensure maximum security of the ballots and assure the integrity of the election process. (b) The rules shall provide, at the minimum: (1…
3 GCA § 7117 Ballot Audit
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Within forty-five (45) days from the enactment of this Act, the Guam Election Commission shall conduct an audit and reconciliation of the ballot stock ordered, printed, utilized, retained, and destroyed in the conduct of the 2010 General Election, and subsequent Primary and Gener…
3 GCA § 7118 2010 General Election Ballot Review
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(a) The Guam Election Commission shall conduct a review of all absentee ballots received, and all provisional ballots for the 2010 General Election, within forty-five (45) days of the enactment of this Act. In conducting this review the Commission shall: (1) Determine which provi…