Application Constitutes Registration

The application for an absentee ballot shall constitute a sufficient registration of the voter in the municipality, municipal division or district in which the voter resides; provided, that the application is received by the Commission prior to the closing of the registration rolls, and provided, that the provisions of § 3102 of this Title pertaining to citizenship, age and residency on Guam are complied with to the same degree as by a person registering under this Section. Such application constituting registration shall be preserved and used by the Commission in the same manner as it preserves and uses affidavits of registration.