FIRST NOTICE - Guam Election Commission Regular Meeting

Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
Guam Election Commission Regular Meeting
GEC Conference Room, Oka Building, Tamuning, GU
For meeting livestream, visit GEC’s website at https://gec.guam.gov/board

Agenda

I.    Call to Order - Certification of a Quorum Present
II.   Certification - Public Notice Requirements – Guam Daily Post and Guam Public Notice Website
      (3/14/2024 & 3/18/2024)
III.  Approval of Agenda
IV.  Approval of Minutes

a.   February 15, 2024 Regular Meeting

V.   Correspondence

a.  February 15, 2024 – Senator Joe San Agustin re: Invitation to Participate in Public Hearing
     Thursday, February 29, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.

b.  February 26, 2024 – Senator Joe San Agustin re: Invitation to Participate in Public Hearing
     Wednesday, March 6, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
c.  March 9, 2024 – Mr. Benjamin Sweeney re: Federal Voting Assistance Program’s (FVAP) Effective
     Absentee Systems for Elections (EASE) Grant

VI.  Executive Director’s Report

a.   Timeline

i.  Government of Guam Retirement Fund Election
ii.  2024 Primary Election

b.  Monthly Voter by Precinct Report

i.  2024 Precinct Realignment

c.  Online/Motor Voter Registration and Pre-Registration

d.  Monthly Financial Report/ U.S. Election Assistance Commission Grant

e.  Office of the Inspector General – U.S. Election Assistance Commission Audit

f.  2023 Financial Disclosure Statement (FDS) Filings

VII.  Old Business – Other Items

a.  Campaign Finance Committee

i.  Statutory & Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations Updates

b. Democratic Party of Guam Re: Lamorena Order in Civil Case No. CV1456-03

c. Election Manual Update

d. Modernizing Election Process

i.  E-Poll Books

1.  Invitation for Bid

e. Competitive Grant Application for Help America Vote College Program, Election Assistance
    Commission

f.  FY 2022 & 2023 Election Security Grant

g. Bill No. 214-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 11115 CHAPTER 11, TITLE 3, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED,
    RELATIVE TO TABULATED AND PUBLISHED WRITE-IN VOTES.

h. Bill No. 215-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 1903(e) TO CHAPTER 19, TITLE 1, GUAM CODE
    ANNOTATED; AND TO AMEND § 30101 CHAPTER 30, TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED,
    RELATIVE TO THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION PROCESSES FOR THE OFFICES OF
    PUBLIC AUDITOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM

i.  Bill No. 216-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 9112 OF CHAPTER 9, TITLE 3, GUAM CODE
    ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ELECTIONEERING AT POLLING
    PLACES.

j.  Bill No. 217-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 14105 OF CHAPTER 14, TITLE 3, GUAM CODE
    ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

k. Bill No. 218-37: AN ACT TO AMEND §§ 3104, 3105, 3110; AND ADD A NEW § 3102.1(g)
    CHAPTER 3, TITLE 3, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; AND TO ADD A NEW § 3101.3(g) CHAPTER
    3, TITLE 16, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO EXTENDING THE TERM OF
    APPOINTMENT OF A REGISTRATION CLERK AND THE TIMES OF REGISTRATION.

l.  Bill No. 219-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 1117; AND TO ADD A NEW § 1123 CHAPTER 1, TITLE 3,
    GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO CHANGING A PRECINCT TO A DISTRICT AND
    DEFINING THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE OR NOMINEE.

m. Bill No. 230-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 40101 OF CHAPTER 40, DIVISION 4, TITLE 5, GUAM
     CODE ANNOTATED; RELATIVE TO ABOLISHING THE POST OF SINAJANA VICE MAYOR.

n.  Bill No. 233-37: AN ACT TO AMEND § 17116 AND REPEAL § 17118 CHAPTER 17, TITLE 3,
     GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO CHANGING PRELIMINARY REPORTS TO
     QUARTERLY REPORTS AND ELIMINATING FINAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS.

o.  January 23, 2024 – Senator Telo Taitague re: Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors – Public
     Official Financial Disclosure

p.  2024 Early Vote Center

i. Invitation for Bid

q.   Legal Counsel

i. Request for Proposal

VIII.  New Business

a. Bill No. 241-37: AN ACT TO ADD A NEW SECTION § 6110A OF CHAPTER 6, TITLE 3 TO GUAM CODE
    ANNOTATED RELATIVE TO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE FOR ELECTIONS

b. Bill No. 190-37: AN ACT TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 15 TO DIVISION 1 OF TITLE 5, GUAM CODE
    ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO CREATING THE MARIANAS CYBER SECURITY WORKING
    GROUP.

c. Bill No. 14-37: AN ACT TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 11 OF TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED,
    RELATIVE TO CODIFYING A PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING A PUBLIC
    EMERGENCY AND ENSURING THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS
    DURING PUBLIC EMERGENCIES; AND TO CITE THIS ACT AS “PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING
    EMERGENCIES ACT”.

IX.  Legal Counsel

a.  Guam Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Guam Nurses Association, et al. v. Douglas B. Moylan, et al.

X.   Public Comment
XI.  Next Meeting
XII.  Adjournment