Attorney's Note

Under the Guam Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
felony of the third degreeup to 5 yearsup to $5,000
For details, see 9 Guam Code Ann. § 80.30

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(a) Any person authorized by the Commission, having charge of affidavits of registration, or absentee ballot applications submitted in lieu of affidavits of registration, who:

(1) neglects or refuses to perform any duty required by law in connection with the registration of voters; or

(2) neglects or refuses to perform such duty in the manner required by voter registration provisions of this Title; or

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(3) enters, or causes or permits to be entered, on the voter registration records the name of any person in any other manner or at any other time that is prescribed by voter registration laws, or enters, or causes or permits to be entered, on such records the name of any person not entitled to be thereon; or

(4) destroys, mutilates, conceals, changes or alters any registration record in connection therewith, except as authorized by voter registration provisions of this Title, is guilty of a felony of the third degree. Each and every omission herein constitutes a separate offense.

(b) Any person who:

(1) knowingly provides false information on an application for voter registration under any provision of this Title; or

(2) knowingly makes or attests to a false declaration as to that person’s qualifications as a voter; or

(3) knowingly causes or permits oneself to be registered using the name of another person; or

(4) knowingly causes oneself to be registered under two (2) or more different names; or

(5) knowingly causes oneself to be registered in two (2) or more precincts; or

(6) offers to pay another person to assist in registering voters, where payment is based on a fixed amount of money per voter registration; or

(7) accepts payment for assisting in registering voters, where payment is based on a fixed amount of money per voter registration; or

(8) knowingly causes any person to be registered or causes any registration to be transferred or canceled, except as authorized under this Title, is guilty of a felony of the third degree. Each and every violation herein constitutes a separate offense.

SOURCE: GC § 2067. Codified as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 3115. Amended P.L. 25-146:16 (June
12, 2000). Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

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