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Guam

General Right to Vote
Electoral Law:
(2000: Section 3, Guam Code)
• See Section 3101

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(2000: Section 3, Guam Code)
• Section 3101 states: "Every person not confined to a mental institution, nor judicially declared insane…shall have the right to vote for such municipal or district officer."
• Section 3122 states: "The Commission shall cancel the registration in the following cases…(b) When the insanity of a person registered is legally established."

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law:
(2000: Section 3, Guam Code)
• Section 4105 states: "No person may serve as a member of any precinct board who…(b) cannot read and write the English language…"

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(2000: Section 3, Guam Code)
• Section 9142 states: "When it appears from the register that a voter has declared under oath, when he registered: (a) That he cannot read or write, or (b) That by reason of physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, or when a voter declares under oath, administered by any member of the board at the time he appears at the polling place to vote, that he is then unable to mark his ballot because of physical disability, he shall receive the assistance of not less than two (2) members of the precinct board."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(2000: Section 3, Guam Code)
• Section 10101 states: "Any qualified voter of the territory of Guam may, as provided in this Chapter and subject to the conditions of this Section, vote at any election by absentee ballot if he will be prevented from personally going to the polls and voting on election day because of…(b) Illness or physical disability…"

 
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