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3 GCA § 16504

Filing of Voter’s Argument for Initiative or Referendum

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 3 — Elections
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Any voter or group of voters may, no less than forty-five

(45)days prior to the election at which the measure is to be presented to the voters, prepare and file with the Election Commission an argument for or against any initiative or referendum measure or legislative submission. The argument shall not exceed five hundred

(500)words in length.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 14-23 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  2. Amended by P.L. 17-25 § III (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  3. Amended by P.L. 31-255 § 2 — introduced as Bill 413-31 · introduced by Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr + 2 cosponsors

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2006 Guam 15Robert L.G. Benavente, Trini T. Torres, Frank Duenas Cruz, Peter Anthony San Nicolas, James Thomas McDonald, Petitioner (2006) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.
  • 2006 Guam 20Robert L.G. Benavente, Trini T. Torres, Frank Duenas Cruz, Peter Anthony San Nicolas, James Thomas McDonald, Petitioners (2006) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.

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