Guam § 13109 - Absentee Voting for Runoff Elections.

§ 13109. Absentee Voting for Runoff Elections.

In the event that a runoff election is required pursuant to § 1422 or §

1712 of Title 48 of the United States Code, the Commission shall mail to

each person who participated by absentee ballot in the election precipitating

the need for a runoff election an absentee ballot for the runoff election.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an absentee ballot cast in the

runoff election and postmarked before the closing of the polls on the date of

the runoff election shall be accepted by the Commission; provided, that it is

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received by the Commission no later than ten (10) days after the date of the

runoff election. A runoff absentee ballot received by the Commission prior

to the closing of the polls on the date of the runoff election shall be

processed as prescribed in Chapter 10 of this Title. A runoff absentee ballot

received by the Commission after the closing of the polls on the date of the

runoff election, but before 5:00 p.m. Chamorro Standard Time on the tenth

(10th) day after the date of the runoff election, shall be processed by the

Commission, and such vote shall be added to the votes of the precinct in

which the voter is registered.

After the closing of the polls on the date of a runoff election, the

Commission may conditionally certify the results of the runoff election on

the basis of the results tabulated immediately after the runoff election, but it

shall not finally certify the runoff election results until after 5:00 p.m.

Chamorro Standard Time on the tenth (10th) day after the runoff election

was conducted. Any absentee ballot received by the Commission after the

tenth (10th) day after the runoff election shall not be opened, but the

envelope appearing to contain such ballot shall be retained in the same

manner as other invalid ballots received by the Commission.