§ 1712. Election of delegates; majority; runoff election; vacancy; commencement of term

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–271 § 2 · 86 Stat. 118

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1712

   Pub. L. 92–271, § 2, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 119

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–271, § 2, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 119

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. (a) The Delegate shall be elected by the people qualified to Election. vote for the members of the legislature of the territory he is to represent at the general election of 1972, and thereafter at such general election every second year thereafter. The Delegate shall be elected at large, by separate ballot and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate. If no Candidate receives such majority, on the fourteenth day following such election a runoff election shall be held between the candidates receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes cast for the office of Delegate. In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate, by reason of death, resignation, or permanent Vacancy. disability, the office of Delegate shall remain vacant until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. (b) The term of the Delegate shall commence on the third day of January following the date of the election.

2. 1998

   An Act to provide that the unincorporated territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands shall each be represented in Congress by a Delegate to the House of Representatives

   Pub. L. 105–209 § 1 · 112 Stat. 880

   1. Inserted · 48 U.S.C. § 1712(a)

      Pub. L. 105–209 inserted “from the Virgin Islands” before “shall be elected at large”

   2. Inserted · 48 U.S.C. § 1712(a)

      Pub. L. 105–209 inserted “The Delegate from Guam shall be elected at large and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate.” before “If no candidate receives such majority”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–209 inserted “from the Virgin Islands” before “shall be elected at large” and inserted “The Delegate from Guam shall be elected at large and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate.” before “If no candidate receives such majority”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. BALLOT REQUIREMENT FOR DELEGATE. Section 2(a) of the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the unincorporated territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands shall each be represented in Congress by a Delegate to the House of Representatives” approved April 10, 1972 (48 U.S.C. 1712(a)), is amended— (1) by inserting “from the Virgin Islands” before “shall be elected at large”; and (2) by inserting “The Delegate from Guam shall be elected at large and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate.” before “If no candidate”.

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