Title 3 — Elections

(a) The organizational report shall include: (1) the full name, address, office sought when known, and party affiliation of each candidate or individual whom the committee or party is supporting and the name and address of the committee or party; (2) the full names and addresses …

(a) Every committee, political party, and candidate shall appoint a campaign treasurer on or before the day for filing an organizational report. Up to five (5) deputy campaign treasurers may be appointed. A candidate may appoint himself or herself as campaign treasurer. (b) A cam…

(a) All monetary contributions shall be promptly deposited in a financial depository duly authorized to do business on Guam, such as a bank, savings and loan institution, industrial loan company, or similar financial institution, in the name of the candidate, committee, or politi…

(a) A candidate, campaign treasurer, or committee shall not receive any contribution, make any expenditure, or receive or make any transfer of money or anything of value; (1) for any purpose other than those directly related to: (A) in the case of the candidate, to his or her own…

(a) No person shall make a contribution of his or her own money or property or money of another person of more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to any candidate, political party or committee in connection with a nomination for election, or election, anonymously; nor shall any c…

No person shall make any contributions of his own money or property or money of another person to any candidate, political party, or committee in connection with a nomination for election, or election, in any other name than the name of the person owning the money or who supplied…

(a) No person shall make aggregate contributions in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($l,000.00) for any one (1) candidate in any calendar year for any primary election, and no person shall make aggregate contributions in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for any one (1) cand…

(a) A candidate may draw on the campaign treasurer for expenditures related to his or her campaign or political activities. The candidate shall make a detailed accounting of his campaign expenditures and the accounting shall be made a part of the reports required in §§ 17116 and …

The candidate, party, or committee, when signing any type of contract, shall provide the other party of the contract a copy of its organizational report, stamped by the Guam Election Commission. Failure to comply with this Section shall result in a fine of not less than One Thous…

Each candidate, or authorized person in the case of a political party, or campaign treasurer in the case of a committee, shall file a preliminary report with the Election Commission on forms provided by the Election Commission not later than the tenth (10th) day prior to each ele…

Any political candidate, committee, or party, which raises contributions or other things of value for campaign or political purposes, shall not be required to register with the Department of Revenue and Taxation nor file any tax returns with the Department of Revenue and Taxation…

(a) Each candidate whether or not successful in a primary or special primary election, or authorized person in the case of a party, or campaign treasurer in the case of a committee, shall file a final primary report not later than the tenth (10th) day after the primary or special…

(a) All candidates who withdraw or cease to be candidates, or committees directly associated with these candidates, or persons who receive contributions but fail to file for nomination, or committees or parties which discontinue their activities covered in this Chapter, shall ret…

(a) No person shall cause or submit any advertisement in support of a candidate to be published, broadcasted, televised, posted on-line, mass-mailed, canvassed, or otherwise circulated and distributed, except under the following conditions: (1) the advertisement shall contain a n…

(a) Complaints of violations of this Chapter against any person shall be filed with the Election Commission. The complaint shall be in writing, signed under oath by the complainant, and shall be notarized. (b) The Election Commission shall give notice of receipt of the complaint …

(a) Any person willfully violating any provision of this Chapter shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be punishable in the manner prescribed as follows: (1) if a natural person, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to fines and/or the penalties s…

For the purpose of this Title: Chamorro shall mean: (a) all inhabitants of the Island of Guam on April 11, 1899,including those temporarily absent from the Island on that date and who were Spanish subjects; and (b) all persons born on the Island of Guam prior to 1800, and their d…

No person shall be registered with the Chamorro Registry except by affidavit of registration made before the registration clerk of the district or municipality wherein such person resides, or before a registration clerk in the office of the Guam Election Commission. The Commissio…

Every person who is Chamorro, as defined in § 18001 above, or who is descended from a Chamorro is entitled to register or, in the case of minors, be registered with the Chamorro Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20003. Effective 90 days from date…

Individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years, who are eligible under § 18003 of this Chapter to be registered with the Chamorro Registry, are considered minors and shall be registered by a parent or legal guardian. Such parent or guardian shall register such minor by affidavi…

Persons who are eligible under § 18003 of this Chapter to register with the Chamorro Registry, but who are not on Guam at such time as they intend to register, may complete and submit, via certified mail, a notarized affidavit of registration to the Commission. Affidavits of regi…

Individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years, who are eligible under § 18003 of this Chapter to register with the Chamorro 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 submi…

A person may register with the Chamorro Registry at any time during the year, except at such times when the Commission shall close the registration rolls for the purposes of conducting elections or plebiscites. At such times, the registration rolls shall be closed ten (10) days p…

Registration for Chamorros with the Chamorro 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 Commission shall deputize as many …

Any person who willfully causes, procures, or allows himself or any person to be registered with the Chamorro Registry, while knowing that he or that other person is not entitled to register with the Chamorro Registry, is guilty of perjury as a misdemeanor. An individual who is g…

The registration of a Chamorro is permanent for all purposes. It shall be the duty of the Commission to issue to each registered Chamorro a card indicating that such person has been registered with the Chamorro Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 2…

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 registration to a person …

§ 3111 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. COL1242014 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20012. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3112 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20013. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3113 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20014. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

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

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. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996)…

The Commission shall report to the Attorney General of Guam, under oath, the names of any registration clerk who has not complied with the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20017. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuan…

§ 3117 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20018. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3118 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20019. ffective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

§ 3122 of Chapter 3 of this Title applies. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20020. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

If a registration clerk refuses to register any person eligible to register with the Chamorro 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 action in the S…

Any person may proceed by action in the Superior Court 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 him to be made a party defendant. The Commission,…

The Commission shall preserve all uncanceled affidavits of registration, and the canceled duplicates, made for the purpose of procuring registration. The affidavits of registration shall constitute the Chamorro Registry required to be kept by the provisions of this Chapter. SOURC…

The Commission shall prepare an index of the Chamorro Registry and provide sufficient copies thereof. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20024. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23-130:4. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L…

Upon written demand of any member of the public, the Commission shall furnish to him or her one (1) copy of the index of the Chamorro Registry at a charge prescribed by the Commission. All moneys so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the government of Guam. SOURCE: A…

Composition; Removal of Members; Chairperson; Quorum. There is hereby established a Chamorro Registry Advisory Board with the following provisions: COL1242014 (a) There is within the government of Guam and under authority of the Guam Election Commission the Chamorro Registry Advi…

The Executive Director of the Election Commission, the Chairperson of the Election Commission, the Executive Director of the Commission on COL1242014 Self-Determination, the Executive Director of the Chamorro Heritage Institute once established, and the Chairperson of the Committ…

The Board 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 Chamorro Registry. Where such duties overlap with duties relative …

It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to provide all necessary forms as prescribed by the Board for the establishment of the Chamorro Registry. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-130:2 (Dec. 30, 1996) as 3 GCA § 20029. Effective 90 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 23…

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

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 sh…

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…