Parties and Candidates

Guam

PC001

Question:	What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):	f. Other
Comments:	To be officially recognized in elections:a party shall have duly constituted leaders or officials, including a secretary. Also, a party shall have filed with the GEC under such uniform regulations as the Commission may prescribe, such evidence of its lawful creation and election of its chairman, secretary and treasurer, including their full names and addresses. For parties that polled at the last general election, in the event it had a candidate for each of the offices to be filled, not less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast therein; or in the event it had a lesser number of candidates than there were offices to be filled, each such candidate received not less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast for the office to which he or she sought election; provided, that in the case of election to I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature) of delegates at large, the ten percent (10%) shall be computed as follows: the total votes cast shall be divided by the total number of seats to be filled and the quotient multiplied by the party’s total number of candidates for such seats, which product shall not exceed ten (10) times the aggregate vote of the party's candidates for such seats.
Source:	3 Guam Code 1112: http://www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/03gca/3gc001.PDF
Verified:	2020/10/28

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PC003

Question:	What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):	a. Age b. Citizenship d. Residence f. Registration j. Other
Comments:	A candidate is one who either seeks a nomination, or is proposed for a nomination by sponsors, or accepts money towards an election in accordance with the provisions of Title 3 (Guam Code). Convicted felons may not be candidates. To qualify, a candidate must be aged 25 years, a U.S. citizen, and domiciled in Guam for at least five consecutive years immediately preceding the sitting of the legislature in which they seek to qualify as a member.
Source:	3 Guam Code 1115: http://www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/03gca/3gc001.PDF ; 3 Guam Code 6103, 6110: http://www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/03gca/3gc006.PDF ;
Verified:	2020/10/28

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PC008

Question:	Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):	e. In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments:	Independent candidates may run in legislative elections if a declaration of candidacy is filed with the Guam Election Commission by any five registered voter of Guam. Pertaining to municipal, district, or division elections: the five sponsoring voters must be a resident in the applicable municipality, district, or division.
Source:	3 Guam Code 6106: http://www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/03gca/3gc006.PDF
Verified:	2020/10/28

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PC012

Question:	Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):	a. No
Comments:
Source:	3 Guam Code Ch. 17: https://law.justia.com/codes/guam/2019/title-3/chapter-17/
Verified:	2020/10/28

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PC015

Question:	What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):	g. Not applicable
Comments:
Source:	3 Guam Code Ch. 17: https://law.justia.com/codes/guam/2019/title-3/chapter-17/
Verified:	2020/10/28

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PC017

Question:	Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:
Source:	3 Guam Code Ch. 17: https://law.justia.com/codes/guam/2019/title-3/chapter-17/
Verified:	2020/10/28

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