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Section 2 states:

(a) The GEC must address a lack of uniformity in knowledge and training of GEC board members, staff, temporary workers and volunteers, relative to providing instructions to voters; treatment of absentee ballots and voters; treatment of provisional voters; handling of ballots; dealing with challenges; absentee voting and handling of absentee ballots; setting up the polling place; and any other training needs. Such checklists should be devised to ensure that workers: …

• (4) know how to assist disabled voters…

(b) Should Guam statutes permit early voting, an early voting checklist must be prepared and utilized during a legally authorized early voting period prior to election day. The checklist shall include, but not be limited to the following:

• (1) ensuring accessibility for voters, including disabled voters, to a secure voting area…

 

Section 3, part (a) states:

Posters and signage concerning voting rights, provisional ballots, voter identification laws, and assistance for the disabled, shall be placed in a conspicuous location at each polling site on election day.

 

Excerpts from Guam Public Law 31-61 (2011)