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3 GCA § 15101

Definitions

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 3 — Elections
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The words and phrases in this Chapter shall, unless the same is inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows:

(a)Commission means the Election Commission. COL4/6/2022 CH. 15 CONDUCT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS

(b)Election means a general election as distinguished from a primary election or a special election.

(c)Election officials mean those members of a precinct board serving as outlined in § 4104, Chapter 4 of this Title.

(d)Office means an elected public office.

(e)Party means an association of voters united for the purpose of promoting a common political policy, which maintains a general organization throughout Guam, including a regularly constituted central committee and precinct committee, and as further defined in § 1112, Chapter 1 of this Title.

(f)Precinct means a district as defined in Title 1 GCA § 403.

(g)Primary means a preliminary election in which voters cast ballots to determine the candidates for specific offices, as provided for in this Title.

(h)Primary ballot means a party ballot or a non-party ballot or a non-partisan ballot used at a primary.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 10-151 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  2. Amended by P.L. 31-255 § 2 — introduced as Bill 413-31 · introduced by Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr + 2 cosponsors

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.