Guam § 13107 - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy or Vacancies in the
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 13107 — Special Election to Fill a Vacancy or Vacancies in the, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13107. Special Election to Fill a Vacancy or Vacancies in the
Municipal Offices of Mayors and Vice Mayors.
The Guam Election Commission shall call for a special election on a
Saturday on or about sixty (60) days after a vacancy occurs in an office of
Mayor or Vice Mayor, whenever one (1) or more vacancies occur therein
two hundred forty (240) days or more prior to the date of the next general
election for Mayors and Vice Mayors. There shall be no primary election.
Candidates must file their candidacies no later than thirty (30) days prior to
the special election date. The highest vote-getter (or vote-getters if there is
more than one (1) vacancy) shall be certified by the Guam Election
Commission as elected and shall be administered the oath of office
immediately to fill the unexpired vacancy. If both Mayor and Vice Mayor
offices are vacant, resulting in a special election for two (2) vacancies, the
highest vote-getter shall become the Mayor-Elect, and the second highest
shall become the Vice Mayor-Elect.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13107 ("Special Election to Fill a Vacancy or Vacancies in the") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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