NOTE
The author acknowledges that this page is an incomplete work in progress, but has published it for whatever usefulness possible – while it is in development. The reader is herein advised that this is a list of governing policies which impact Guam elections, but are not necessarily within the jurisdiction of the Guam Election Commission. Your patience is appreciated.
Guam Law Effecting Elections
These links launch PDF copies of the Guam Code Annotated directly from the Guam Compiler of Laws’ website.
From the Guam Code Annotated as provided by the Guam Compiler of Laws
- Title 1: General Provisions
- Chapter 1: The Laws of Guam
- Chapter 21: Commission on Decolonization for the Implementation and Exercise of Chamorro Self-Determination
- Title 3: Elections
- Chapter 1: General Provisions
- Chapter 2: Election Commission
- Chapter 3: Voters
- Chapter 4: Precincts and Precinct Boards
- Chapter 5: Election Days and Dates
- Chapter 6: Candidates for Office
- Chapter 7: Ballots
- Chapter 8: Election Campaigns and Campaign Offenses
- Chapter 9: Conduct of Elections
- Chapter 10: Absent Voting
- Chapter 11: Canvass, Vote Tabulation & Declaration of Results
- Chapter 12: Election Contests
- Chapter 13: Special Elections
- Chapter 14: Penal Provisions
- Chapter 15: Selection of Delegates to National Convention
- Chapter 16: Conduct of Primary Elections
- Chapter 17: Initiative, Referendum and Legislative Submission
- Chapter 18: Verification of Signatures
- Chapter 19: Election Campaign Contributions & Expenditures
- Chapter 20: The Chamorro Registry
- Chapter 21: Guam Decolonization Registry
- Title 4: Public Officers & Employees
- Title 5: Government Operations, Division 4 – Mayors, Washington Delegate, Boards & Commissions
- Title 17: Education, Division 2: Department of Education, Chapter 3: Guam Public School System
- Title 21:Real Property:
From the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations, as provided by the Guam Compiler of Laws
- Title 2 – Administration, Division 4. Procurement Regulations
- Chapter 1. General Provisions
- Chapter 2. Procurement Organization
- Chapter 3. Source Selection and Contract Formation
- Chapter 4. Specifications
- Chapter 5. Procurement of Construction Architect-Engineer and Land Surveying Services
- Chapter 6. Modification and Termination of Contracts for Supplies and Services
- Chapter 7. Cost Principles
- Chapter 8. Supply Management
- Chapter 9. Legal and Contractual Remedies
- Chapter 10. Compliance with Federal Requirements
- Chapter 11. Ethics in Public Contracting
- Chapter 12. Procurement Appeals to the Public Auditor
- Title 6 – Elections
- Chapter 1. Conduct of Elections
- Article 1. Precinct Board
- Article 2. Rules for Election Days, Ballots
- Article 3. Casting & Counting Ballots
- Chapter 2. Initiative, Referendum and Legislative Submission. (Public Law 14-23)
- Chapter 3. Election Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
- Chapter 4. Public Official Financial Disclosure
- Chapter 1. Conduct of Elections
Other Public Laws of Guam not permanently in the Guam Code Annotated
- Public Law 31-283 - An act to add new §§ 16201.1, 16201.2, 16201.3, 16215, 16216, 16217, 16218, 16219, 16220, 16221, and 16222; and to amend §§ 16203, 16205 and 16206, all of Article 2 of Chapter 16, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the presentation of initiative measures, and to be known as The Initiative Reform and Transparency Act of 2012. (SBill No. 532-31, Sponsor: J.P. Guthertz, DPA / T.C. Ada / V. Anthony Ada, Passed: 12/14/12, Signed into Law: 12/31/12)
- Public Law 31-255 - An act to repeal and reenact Chapter 1 through 20, of Title 3, Guam Code Annotated [Elections]. (Bill No. 413-31, Sponsor: D.G. Rodriguez, Jr. / T.C. Ada / V.A. Ada, Overridden: 12/12/12)
- Guam Public Law 31-61: An Act to Direct the Guam Election Commission to Review and Update Procedures and Policies Contained in Title 6 (Elections) of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations (GARR); and to Recommend to I Lehisletura any Necessary Changes to Title 3 (Elections) of the Guam Code Annotated; all in Advance of the 2012 Elections
U.S. Laws Effecting Guam Elections
- Constitution of the United States of America (links to the U.S. Library of Congress.)
- The Organic Act[s] of Guam (1947 – present; links to GuamPedia.com)
- The Organic Act of Guam and Related [United States] Federal Laws Affecting the Governmental Structure of Guam
- “NVRA” National Voter Registration Act
(See §1973gg–1. Definitions(4); links to the Election Assistance Commission website) - “HAVA” Help America Vote Act (links to the Election Assistance Commission website)
- United States Federal Election Commission (links to the USFEC website)
- National Association of Secretaries of States’ Summary of the “MOVE Act” (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act
Global Agreements & Guam Elections
The following link to resources for you to better understand and discuss the Guam Decolonization Registry with Guam Native Inhabitants who are considering registration for Political Status plebiscite.
- Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain; December 10, 1898. See Article IX, Paragraph 2. (links to Yale Law school archive)
- Constitution of the United States of America (at the U.S. Library of Congress.
See Article VI, Paragraph 2) - Charter of the United Nations (at the United Nations. See page 34)
Historical General Assembly Resolutions of the United Nations
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV))
- General Assembly Resolution defining the three options for self-determination (General Assembly Resolution 1541 (XV))
- General Assembly Resolution establishing the Special Committee on Decolonization (General Assembly Resolution 1654 (XVI))
- More resolutions