Candidate: Public Auditor
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There is no election for the Office of Public Auditor in 2006. The next election for the Office of the Public Auditor is scheduled for 2008. The following, therefore, is provided for general information only.
 
Qualifications
a. Must be a citizen of the United States of America;

b. Must be a resident of Guam for the five (5) years preceding his or her election;

c. Must be either a certified public accountant, or an attorney at law, or have at least five (5) years of experience in the establishment or enactment of government budgets; and

d. Must not have been suspended in any U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdiction by an ethics board overseeing the certified public account or attorney, as the case may be; and

e. Pursuant to P.L. 26-171, must not have been convicted of a felony, and must not have been convicted of a misdemeanor involving criminal sexual conduct or crime of moral turpitude.
Salary
Eighty-two Thousand and Twenty-Five Dollars ($82,025) annually.
 
Term of Office
The public auditor shall serve a term of four (4) years. No person shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms as public auditor.
 
How Elected
Section 1903. The public auditor shall be elected by the voters of Guam in a general election occurring at the same time as the general election for Mayors. The public auditor is a non-partisan office. No candidate for the position of public auditor shall declare a political party affiliation. In the general election, the candidate receiving the most votes, subject to the qualifications established by Chapter 19, Title 1 Guam Code Annotated shall be certified by the Guam Election Commission as having won election to the position of public auditor. The public auditor elected at such time shall be sworn into office on the first Monday of the following January.
 
 
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