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3 GCA § 9119

Examination of Person Challenged

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 3 — Elections
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(a)The precinct board shall immediately examine on oath the challenged individual and his or her witnesses, if any, together with the voter who called the challenge and his or her witnesses, if any. The precinct board may give the voter challenged and the voter who offered the challenge time to present witnesses wherever possible, but in no event shall such time be granted so as to prevent the precinct board from rendering a decision prior to the time for closing the polls.

(b)The voter or the challenger may appeal the decision of the precinct board to the Commission. The Commission shall, as soon as possible, hear the appeal and shall examine the oaths of the voter and the challenger and hear the witnesses, if any. The Commission shall make its decision prior to the time for the closing of the polls.

(c)Either the voter or the challenger may appeal the decision of the Commission to the Superior Court.

§ The story of this section

  1. 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 16Robert L.G. Benavente, Trini T. Torres, Frank Duenas Cruz, Peter Anthony San Nicolas, James Thomas McDonald, Petitioners (2006) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶86

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