3 GCA § 13107
Special Election to Fill a Vacancy or Vacancies in the
View official PDF ↗Municipal Offices of Mayors and Vice Mayors. The Guam Election Commission shall call for a special election on a Saturday on or about sixty
(60)days after a vacancy occurs in an office of Mayor or Vice Mayor, whenever one
(1)or more vacancies occur therein two hundred forty
(240)days or more prior to the date of the next general election for Mayors and Vice Mayors. There shall be no primary election. Candidates must file their candidacies no later than thirty
(30)days prior to the special election date. The highest vote-getter (or vote-getters if there is more than one
(1)vacancy) shall be certified by the Guam Election Commission as elected and shall be administered the oath of office immediately to fill the unexpired vacancy. If both Mayor and Vice Mayor offices are vacant, resulting in a special election for two
(2)vacancies, the highest vote-getter shall become the Mayor-Elect, and the second highest shall become the Vice Mayor-Elect.
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- Enacted by P.L. 32-129 § 2 — introduced as Bill 241-32 · introduced by Rory J. Respicio + 2 cosponsors
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.