Elections in Guam
Encyclopedia
Elections in Guam gives information on election
and election results in Guam
.
Guam elects on territorial level a governor
and a legislature
with the governor elected for a four year term by the people. The Legislature of Guam
has fifteen members elected at large in an open primary
for two year terms.
Guam has a multi-party system, with two strong parties
.
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
and election results in Guam
Politics of Guam
Politics of Guam takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the Governor is head of government, and of a multi-party system...
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Guam elects on territorial level a governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
and a legislature
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
with the governor elected for a four year term by the people. The Legislature of Guam
Legislature of Guam
The Legislature of Guam is the territorial legislature of Guam. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of fifteen senators, serving for a two year term...
has fifteen members elected at large in an open primary
Open primary
An open primary is a primary election that does not require voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote for partisan candidates. In a traditional open primary, voters may select one party's ballot and vote for that party's nomination. As in a closed primary, the highest voted...
for two year terms.
Guam has a multi-party system, with two strong parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
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