Title 3, Elections

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.

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 Repealed and reenacted …

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 …

(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…

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 Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec.…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…