(a) A voter may request assistance in voting to the precinct board, and assistance shall be granted thereby only if a voter is blind, physically disabled, or unable to read or write.

(b) If a voter is granted assistance, the voter shall be accompanied into the voting booth by one (1) precinct official and another person designated by the voter. If a voter with a physical disability finds it unduly burdensome to enter the polling place, the ballot may be completed within one hundred (100) feet of the polling place. A precinct official shall read the ballot to the voter who shall indicate his or her choices. Such choices shall be properly marked by the attending precinct official while under the observation of the other person designated by the voter. Any registered voter who enters the public grounds containing the polling place, but for some reason is unable to enter the polling place itself, and who is capable of reading and marking the ballot without assistance, shall be given the opportunity to vote. The Commission shall determine other appropriate rules and regulations necessary to ensure the voter’s privacy and protect the integrity of any ballot. Such rules and regulations shall be outlined in the Election Manual.

(c) Any member of a precinct board rendering assistance to a voter is hereby prohibited from revealing any of the votes cast by such voter.

SOURCE: GC § 2396, entitled “”Assistance in voting.”” Codified as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 9142. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 25-146:66 (June 12, 2000). Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).

2012 NOTE: This section was originally codified from GC § 2389, entitled “”Same: two or more candidates to be elected.”” Reenacted as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 9133 by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).