Security of Ballots

(a)The Commission shall promulgate and publish in the Election Manual rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law to ensure maximum security of the ballots and assure the integrity of the election process.

(b)The rules shall provide, at the minimum:

(1)that each box that will contain cast ballots be locked and sealed from the time the first ballot is cast into each ballot box until their opening at the Election Return Center after polls close;

(2)that all precinct board members accompany the ballot boxes at all times to the Election Return Center after the polls close, and also accompanied by at least one

(1)Police Officer; and

(3)that government of Guam buses be utilized to transport the ballot boxes, the precinct board members and the Police Officers to the Election Return Center; and

(4)that any private security services hired by the Commission shall not be with a security company which employs an individual who is a sibling or related in the first degree of consanguinity, or has any business ownership relation with a nominee who is seeking an elected public office.

(c)Only an official designated by the Commission may unlock and open ballot boxes at the Election Return Center. COL222017 CH. 7 BALLOTS