Voter Registration Incident to Applications for Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards,

and Renewals of Same.

(a)Every person applying at the Department of Revenue and Taxation for a Guam driver’s license or the renewal of said license, or a Guam identification card or the renewal of said identification card, and who meets all the eligibility requirements to register to vote pursuant to Chapter 3, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated, shall be afforded the opportunity to register to vote, or if previously registered, to change their address for voting purposes, subject to the closing and opening of registration pursuant to § 3104 of Chapter 3, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated; and subject to the prohibition on the transfer of registration between the primary and general election pursuant to § 3107 of Chapter 3, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated.

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(1)The application to register to vote must be offered simultaneously with the application for the Guam driver’s license, the Guam identification card, or renewal of either or both.

(2)Department of Revenue and Taxation employees must provide to applicants for Guam driver’s licenses or Guam identification cards, or renewals of either or both, the same level of assistance and instruction with respect to the application to register to vote as is provided with respect to applications for Guam driver’s licenses, Guam identification cards, or renewals of either or both; provided, that separate signatures shall be required on the application for a Guam driver’s license or Guam identification card (or renewal of either or both), and the application to register to vote.

(3)The applicant may decline to register to vote by failing to sign the voter registration form. In order to protect the privacy of those who do not wish to register to vote for any reason, the failure of an applicant for a Guam driver’s license or a Guam identification card, or the renewal of either or both, to sign the voter registration form may not be used for any purpose other than to determine the person’s voter registration status.

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(1)The voter registration application shall contain the applicant’s name, residence address, mailing address if different from residence address, date of birth, and the applicant’s signature and the date of affixation of signature, and may include any other information, certifications, and declarations, including those made under the penalty of perjury, that may be required by the Guam Election Commission in order to administer a single and unified system of voter registration in accordance with applicable local and federal laws which shall enable duly registered voters to vote in all elections in their respective municipality, division or districts, including, elections for federal officers. The voter registration application must also include the statement that unlawful voter registration is a crime and any person who willfully causes, procures or allows himself or herself or any person to be registered as a voter, knowing himself or herself or other person not to be entitled to registration, is guilty of a felony of the third degree. A copy of written evidence of U.S. citizenship pursuant to § 3102 of Chapter 3, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated shall be attached to the voter registration application. CH. 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS

(2)It shall be the responsibility of the Department of Revenue and Taxation to print and to have available at all times a sufficient number of voter registration forms in order to carry out the provisions of this Section.

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(1)The completed voter registration application shall be transmitted by the Department of Revenue and Taxation to the Guam Election Commission no later than five

(5)business days after the date of acceptance by the Department of Revenue and Taxation. Transmission may be made by electronic means as prescribed by the Guam Election Commission, and in an electronic form compatible with the voter registration system maintained by the Guam Election Commission.

(2)For each registration electronically transmitted, a hard copy will be provided to the Guam Election Commission.

(e)Any person who has fully and correctly completed an application at the Department of Revenue and Taxation to register to vote is presumed to be registered as of the date of the acceptance of the registration by the Department of Revenue and Taxation, subject to verification of the registration by the Executive Director of the Guam Election Commission, as provided in § 3102 of Chapter 3, Title 3, Guam Code Annotated.

(f)Refusal by an applicant to register to vote shall not be a basis for the denial of a Guam driver’s license or a Guam identification card, or the renewal thereof.

(g)The Guam Election Commission shall have the authority to adopt regulations to implement and administer the provisions of this Section, including all registrations taken at the Department of Revenue and Taxation.

(h)An applicant may be registered in accordance with this Section from the time registration is open until twenty-one

(21)days prior to an election.