Guam § 3102 - Affidavit of Registration, Necessity for and Contents of.

§ 3102. Affidavit of Registration, Necessity for and Contents of.

(a) No person shall be registered as a voter, except by affidavit of registration made before an

authorized registration clerk or, in the case of an absentee voter, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10

of this Title.

(1) Before such affidavit shall be made, the person shall state if he or she is currently registered

to vote in any other jurisdiction(s). If that person answers affirmatively, that person shall identify said

jurisdiction and complete and sign an attested statement on a form provided by the Commission which

requests the cancellation of that person’s registration, and which shall be forthwith forwarded by the

Commission to that jurisdiction. If that person answers negatively, that person shall nonetheless

identify the jurisdiction in which that person last voted.

(2) No registration clerk shall register any person except upon presentation of written evidence

from the person applying for registration that they are a citizen of the United States who will be at least

eighteen (18) years of age on the date of the next election to be conducted by the Commission, and

that the person is a resident of Guam. A copy of the evidence of citizenship and identification submitted

by the applicant shall be attached to the registration form or absentee ballot application.

(3) Written evidence of U.S. Citizenship for the purpose of this section shall include:

(A) U.S. Passport; or

(B) Certificate of U.S. Citizenship; Certificate of Naturalization; or

(C) A combination of one (1) document from list (i) and one (1) document from list (ii) as

follows:

(i) Acceptable primary documents:

(aa) certification of birth abroad issued by the Department of State.

(bb) original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county,

municipal authority, commonwealth district or outlying possession of the United States

bearing an official seal;

(cc) Native American Tribal document; and

(dd) U.S. Citizen ID Card.

(ii) Acceptable secondary documents:

(aa) Driver’s license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the

United States; provided, it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of

birth, sex, height, eye color and address;

(bb) ID card issued by Federal, state or local government agencies or entities;

provided, it contains a photograph or information, such as name, date of birth, sex,

height, eye color and address;

(cc) school ID card with photograph;

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(dd) voter’s registration card; U.S. Military card or draft record; military

dependent’s ID card; or

(ee) U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card.

(4) The affidavit of registration form by the applicant shall contain:

(A) that applicant’s given name, middle name, if any, and surname;

(B) the street name and number, municipality or lot number, and municipality where that

person resides on Guam;

(C) that the person declares under penalty of perjury that he or she is a citizen of the United

States who will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the date of the next election to be

conducted by the Commission;

(D) that the person has been a resident of Guam for not less than thirty (30) days immediately

preceding the date on which the next election will be held;

(E) that applicant’s complete mailing address, if different from the residence address,

including post office address, city or town, zip code or other designation used by that person for

receiving mail. The form shall also include a line for the applicant’s e-mail address (optional to

applicant);

(F) that applicant’s telephone number;

(G) that applicant’s place of birth;

(H) that applicant’s date of birth;

(I) the statement: “Unlawful Registration is a Crime. Any person who willfully causes,

procures or allows himself or herself or any person to be registered as a voter, knowing himself

or herself or the other person not to be entitled to registration, is guilty of a felony of the third

degree.”

(J) the signature of the applicant; and

(K) if the applicant is unable to sign the form, a statement that the affidavit was completed

according to the applicant’s direction.

(b) At the time of submitting a voter registration application, a person shall present a validly issued

photo identification card issued by a federal, state, Guam secondary school, Guam post-secondary school

or government of Guam entity to the registration clerk or volunteer registrar or other authorized election

official.

(c) Notwithstanding the age requirements of Subsection (a) of this Section, upon satisfactory proof of

age, every person that meets all eligibility requirements to register and is sixteen (16) years of age or older,

may pre-register to vote. A properly executed registration made pursuant to this Subsection shall be deemed

effective as of the date the affiant will be eighteen (18) years of age, if the information in the affidavit of

registration is still current at the time. If the information provided by the affiant is not current at the time

that the registration would otherwise become effective, the affiant must provide current information by any

means authorized in this Chapter for persons eighteen (18) years of age or older for the affiant’s registration

to become effective.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is seventeen (17) years old on the

date of a primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote shall be qualified to vote at that

primary, including voting as an absentee, during a grace period, or voting early with respect to that

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primary, if that person will be eighteen (18) years old on the date of the immediately following general

election.

(2) All references to the requirement that a person must be eighteen (18) years old to vote shall

be interpreted in accordance with this Section.

(3) For the purposes of this Section, an individual who is seventeen (17) years of age and who

will be eighteen (18) years of age on the date of the general election shall be deemed competent to

execute and attest to any voter registration forms.