The Guam Legislature on Nov. 20 moved two election‑administration measures to the voting file that sponsors said modernize campaign finance reporting and adopt the Guam Election Commission’s updated election manual.

Bill 189‑38 would repeal and reenact administrative rules and replace outdated campaign contributions/expenditures forms and procedures. The sponsor told the chamber the committee added three exhibits to the bill — an organizational report, a contributions/expenditures report, and a new dissolution report — and said the revisions implement a quarterly campaign reporting cadence established by prior public law. “These updates... modernize campaign finance administration through electronic filing, improve accuracy and transparency, and make reports more accessible to the public,” the sponsor said on the floor.

Across both measures senators discussed practical details for candidates and the public. One senator asked whether the forms attached to Bill 189 are the same used in the recent reporting cycle; the sponsor confirmed they are, with minor technical changes. The sponsor also moved — and the chamber approved — a clerical motion to correct inconsistent page numbering in bill attachments before final adoption.

Bill 190‑38 would adopt the GEC’s updated election manual as an administrative rule. The sponsor described the manual as clarifying procedures for early and absentee voting, spoiled ballot handling, vote‑center operations, chain of custody and recordkeeping, accessibility for voters with disabilities, and an administrative complaints process. The manual also aligns provisional‑ballot counting with a 15‑day requirement in public law and sets an implementation goal for electronic poll books by 2026.

Several senators questioned apparent inconsistencies between timelines in the draft manual and the statutory amendments debated in the same session (for example, whether district registration begins or ends on certain days and whether volunteer versus in‑office registrars use different windows). After a brief recess to compare texts, the sponsor and colleagues said some provisions refer to different registrar roles and GEC had concurred; sponsors committed to technical corrections to ensure statutory language and the manual align.

What’s next: Both bills were placed on the third‑reading/voting file; clerks and legal counsel were instructed to make technical corrections to attachments and numbering before final passage.