Guam § 15301 - Form of Primary Election Ballot.

§ 15301. Form of Primary Election Ballot.

Ballots used in the primary election shall be in the form

prescribed by the Guam Election Commission and shall conform

to the following minimum requirements:

(a) (1) All candidates for all offices to be contested in

the forthcoming general election shall appear on a

primary ballot to be voted upon by registered voters in

each voting district. A voting district is each district

within Guam as defined in Title 1 GCA § 403, unless

otherwise provided in this Title. The Guam Election

Commission shall print a ballot with the names of all

qualified candidates from the Republican Party on one

(1) side of the ballot, and the names of all qualified

candidates from the Democratic Party on the opposite

side. This ballot format shall be used so as to limit voters

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to mark their ballots in only one (1) party for all offices

in that primary election.

(2) If there are qualified candidates who are not

members of either the Republican Party or the

Democratic Party, the Guam Election Commission shall

reconfigure the ballot as necessary in order that

candidates’ names shall be placed on the ballot in three

(3) or more columns with a separate column for each

different recognized party, and a separate column for

those non-affiliated. The Guam Election Commission

shall limit voters to mark their ballots in only one (1)

party or for non-affiliated candidates only for all offices

in that primary election.

(b) Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the words

“OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT” and the

date of the primary election.

(c) Thereafter shall appear an explanation to the voter

instructing him or her how to vote.

(d) There shall appear specific instructions in boldface

type on each ballot that a voter may cast votes under one (1)

party only; that if votes are cast for candidates of more than

one (1) party for any office or nomination of offices

appearing on the ballot, the entire ballot shall be void. The

instructions on the ballot shall clearly inform voters of the

mandate herein.

(e) The ballot for each office for which party

nominations are sought shall contain instructions to the

voters as to the maximum number of candidates that may be

selected for that office.

(f) The Guam Election Commission shall make

accommodation for the voter to write in the name of a person

or persons not otherwise appearing on the ballot, under each

office being contested under each party heading.

(g) Should the Guam Election Commission adopt a

ballot form using any mechanical, electro-mechanical, or

electronic device to record the vote, or aid in recording the

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vote, the voter instruction and information required by this

Section shall appear on the device in the place provided

therefore, or otherwise shall be prominently displayed within

the voting booth so as to be easily read by the voter.