{"data":{"id":"us-gu/3-gca-15504","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"3 GCA § 15504","heading":"Hearing and Judgment.","body":"(a) The Court shall hear the contest in a summary manner, and at the hearing, the Court shall cause the evidence to be reduced to writing, and shall, within eight (8) days following the return, give judgment, fully stating all findings of fact and of law.\n(b) The judgment shall decide which candidate was nominated or elected, as the case may be, in the matter presented by the petition, and a certified copy of the judgment shall forthwith be served on the Commission, which shall place the name of the candidate declared to be nominated on the ballot for the forthcoming general election, and the judgment shall be conclusive of the right of the candidate so declared to be nominated.","path":["Title 3: Elections","Chapter 15: Conduct of Primary Elections","ARTICLE 5: ELECTION CONTESTS"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/3gc015.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:12:28Z","sha256":"ed01baa53bdd5b742c41bde5d49a3b3bfbe3bc4bcc4f5f7483143fb1a0795766","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/3-gca-15503","next":"us-gu/3-gca-16101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}