Guam § 15404 - Result of Election.

§ 15404. Result of Election.

I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na Maga’låhi; Other

Offices; Primary Constituting Election to Office.

(a) I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na Maga’låhi

team receiving a plurality of votes cast for a partisan

nomination shall be the party nominees for the general

election. No I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Segundu Na

Maga’låhi team running in the independent column shall be

eligible for general election ballot placement unless such

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team receives a minimum twenty percent (20%) of the total

combined votes cast for the winning teams seeking partisan

nomination.

(b) The winners in all other partisan primary contests

shall be the candidates receiving the highest number of votes,

except that no candidate running in the independent column

shall be eligible for general election ballot placement unless

he or she receives votes equal to at least ten percent (10%) of

the total number of the valid ballots cast for the office for

which he or she is a candidate.

(c) Except in the case of a gubernatorial team, if in any

primary a candidate who has been certified as being

nominated (1) submits to the Commission a written

declination of his or her nomination, or (2) dies, the

Commission shall certify as nominated the person having the

next highest number of votes in the same primary; provided,

that the Commission determines that the addition of the

newly certified candidate to the ballot shall not prevent the

Commission from conducting the general election at the

scheduled date and time. If the Commission in its discretion

determines that time does not permit the addition of the new

nominee to the ballot, the vacancy shall be filled as otherwise

provided by law. In the case of the death of a nominee for I

Maga’låhen Guåhan or I Segundu Na Maga’låhi, the

vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.