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Terms Used In 3 Guam Code Ann. § 9118

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A person present to vote may be orally challenged by any voter of the same precinct upon any or all of the following grounds:

(a) that he or she is not the person whose name appears on the register;

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(b) that he or she is not a resident of Guam;

(c) that he or she is not a citizen of the United States;

(d) that he or she is not a resident of the precinct at which he or she is voting;

(e) that he or she has voted that day;

(f) that he or she voted in another precinct; and

(g) that he or she voted in another U.S. jurisdiction.

SOURCE: GC § 2368. Amended by P.L. 12-149:12 (June 19, 1974). Codified as 3
GCA § 9119. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11,
2012).

2012 NOTE: This section was originally codified from GC § 2367, entitled “”Absence of precinct officers.”” Reenacted 3 Guam Code Ann. § 9117 by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).