Guam election live updates: Ballots begin to arrive at tabulation center

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Guam residents were at the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in an election subdued by a pandemic.

On the ballot this year: the delegate to Congress, the 15 senators who will serve in the 36th Guam Legislature, mayors, members of the Board of Education, members of the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, judicial retention for one Supreme Court justice and four Superior Court judges.

Social distancing and COVID-19 safety measures were in effect at polling places, with potential voters being screened for illness, temperature checks being conducted and candidates discouraged from hosting gatherings.

Ballots from Mangilao and Hagåtña were among the first to arrive at the tabulation center at the UOG Field House Tuesday evening.

Election Commission Executive Director Maria Pangelinan said the first 30 precincts to arrive would be counted, and then subsequent precints and officials would be let in after that to maintain social distancing.

The staggered tabulation order could slow down results on election night, Pangelinan said.

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Link: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2020/11/02/guam-election-2020-live-updates/6133926002/


Note that this procedure will probably be similar state-site (for those taking precautions) creating additional delays in counting.


Edit to Add: Ballots began arriving from the precincts at 9 PM local time. It took 3 hours to count 6 precincts. First results will be released when 10 precincts report.

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1. Guam would be mainly military votes?

If so, I don't know, it may give us another clue. Military used to vote Republican.

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2. I Would Assume

Most military would not be voting on the island (because the island votes don't really count in the EC). If I was military, I'd be sending my vote back state-side where it would count in the EC.

Guam elected a Democratic Governor last time around. No party affiliations are given on their Dept website, only registered voters. There are roughly 56k registered voters on Guam. As best I can tell it's an under-voting territory. I estimate there are about 110k people of eligible age. There are probably a lot of military on the island with AF and Navy bases, but I would guess most military vote absentee as I explained before.

Hillary carried the island in 2016 but Guam had until that point a very long streak of predicting the winner of the US Presidential election. I guess as a consolation, how Guam goes, so goes the US popular vote.

Last I checked it took 3 hours to complete 6 precincts. Partial results will be reported when 10 precincts are counted. Not sure how long they will count before sending folks home for the night. It's after midnight their time. Given the safety precautions put in place, the majority of votes on Guam may not be counted for a day or two. This didn't happen in 2016. I remember the call for Hillary being done before the polls closed on the east coast.