(a) No candidate’s name shall be printed upon any official ballot to be used at any primary election unless a nomination paper shall have been filed on his or her behalf and in his or her legal name, as provided in this Chapter in substantially the following form:

“”NOMINATING PETITION (PARTISAN)

We, the undersigned, registered and qualified electors of
Guam hereby nominate

Print or type full name of candidate
as a candidate of the party for the office of , to be voted for in the
primary election to be held on the day of ,
, and we declare that we have not signed, and will not sign, any nomination petition for more persons than the number
of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing
general election.

WARNING: Whoever knowingly signs more petitions for the same office than there are persons to be elected to the office or signs a name other than his own is violating the provisions of the Guam Election Code.

Full Name: Date of Birth: Address: Signature: Date: Voting District:

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CIRCULATOR CERTIFICATION

The undersigned circulator of the above petition asserts that he or she is qualified to circulate this petition, that each signature on the petition was signed in his or her presence, that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine signature of the person purporting to sign the same, that the person was, at the time of signing, a registered and qualified voter of Guam, and that such elector was qualified to sign the petition.

Print or type full name of circulator Signature of circulator

Address of circulator Date””

(b) All nomination papers shall have substantially the above form written or printed thereon; provided, that those filed for an independent candidate may omit the words “”of the party.”” No signature shall be valid and counted unless it is written upon a sheet having this form printed thereon, which shall be provided by the Commission.

(c) Nomination papers shall not be filed on behalf of any person for more than one (1) party or for more than one (1) office; nor shall nomination papers be filed on behalf of any person both as a party candidate and as an independent candidate.

SOURCE: GC § 2912. Added by P.L. 10-151 (June 24, 1970). Codified as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 16203. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-
255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

2016 NOTE: Subsection designations were added to adhere to the Compiler’s codification and alpha-numeric schemes pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.