Sieace Seaeaeane eB Sci a 7 t fields. Micronesians -level administrative - duties are covered alary schedule estab- onal and managerial vel appointments of included a District special Assistant to ssioner, a Deputy loner for Resources and seven assistant ors. ter 6 ' AGE suffrage act forall it has yet to be fications are preby municipal sislature charters, er No. 2882, as electors must be ens, 18 or older, ‘cified lengths of ipality or other e they vote. Dis- | based on race, ligion does not men are eligible ive office in the a ECT PT REss to vote, the Government has dissemi mum on modesty and. until fairly inated information on registratid to activ . ely camp aign for . eo nilsy voting procedures, dates of~ electiggnt . blic otfice would have been a viola- etc., through radio broadcasts bon of such patte rns. A candidate’s meetings with local officials. Polit: SeUla tion, position in the commu- parties in the districts, as well as Som ty, candidates, have also expended siderable effort in encouraging caf, and traditional ties continue to important in obtaining public apport Political campaigning in the supporters to register and vote. monly understood sense began The Hj C _. . i=out S years ago and has varied from € High Comm oner iss tremel orders to outline the issi conduct of qetem!y lively campaigns in the first elections to the Congress a" i ana Istands {Islands and Palau to more . campal in other districts. j opeate> campai gns Micronesia 1 . in in1965. The Congrg ndidates are given radio assed an act broadcast iding ff ; slection of its memberdin g s e to describe their programs. Public . . . *s are held and, in some areas signe d as Public Law No. 2-16 ". : aH wh eco Be he cecal Uae en Pea ke Baa. : _ + . oop F * appointment of a second Associate Justice—the former Deputy Attorney General of the Territory. Stationed in Koror, Palau District. his primary judicial responsibility is for the Palau and Yap Districts. The transfer of an Associate Justice to American Samoa left a vacancy which has beenfilled by the former Attorney General of Guam. The latter Associate Justice is stationed in Ponape with primary judicial responsibility for the Ponape and Truk Districts. In January 1968, the Chief Justice retired after 22 years service to the Trust Territory Judiciary. The Attorn ey General of the Trust Terricprc tiles are« beginn' ing . to visit . * _ ‘ wigipe S later incorporated into the Code tory was appointed by the Secretary of § didates are also beginning to visi Trust Territory as Chapter 3A. Unde of the Interior as the new Chief Justice stituents in their s. this law all eligible persons desiring | f To date organized,home registered politi- and assumed duties on February 1, vote must first register. A person nw! 1968. The retiring and the transferring partics are found only in the register by executing an affidavit'fdariana Islands and Palau judges continued as Temporary Judges Districts. which he identifies his voting residengme Mariana Islands District has two beyond the end ofthe fiscal year to and swears that he meets the qualmartics: the Popular Party and the complete work previously begun. A cations prescribed by law. Candidageetritorial Peace Corps Volunteer whois a retired Party. An indic for the House of Representatives aameit strength is that in recen ation of Judge of the Superior Court for Los t years no the Senate may be nominated eihandidate for public offic e has run Angeles was appointed as a Temporary by petition or political party. 4 §dependent Judge for 2 years. He is stationed in ly uf the parties. In Palau, elections of members of Congress : WO parties, Saipan but, as with all justices, his Liberal and Progressive, by secret ballot, and Public Law Maeve becn Service entails regular travel to all active since 1963. 2-16 provides for supervision of district centers and a number ofthe ps : . : : 19 i ing places, complaints of Irregularitiaae, the 1966 elections to the Con - sub-district centers. appeals from decisio . ns of electiae In ss ul} { Micron icronesia, sta, th the parties parti o!f both ficial officials, recounts of ballots, aimestricts adopted platforms, nominated Types of Courts , ates, and me @eetes of candid absentee voting. Responsibili conducted ty Hz us; . ar The Territory has three types of “igns. eoro pre-election conducting the Congress electio campai ns / courts: the High Court, district courts, vested in the district administratogme In other districts, young men’s and are who. designated electiqmoMen’s groups and other groups Commissioners for their districts, ageCOurape the ons were eligible in boards of election of the 21 electiq Blicit support nomination of and for the candidates of 6 Congress of districts. S ir choice. they registered lenis prescribed n that election districts. For ige of eligible POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS HME THE JUDICIARY rom a reported fariana Islands ‘Ze in Truk. To Traditional cultural patterns p Dunng the year the Judiciary of their right most areas of the Territory placedge etcved a long-standing goal with the Part V—-Political Advancemed y al Year 1968 and community courts. High Court. The High Court con- sists of the Chief Justice, two Asso- ciate Justices, and a Temporary Jus- tice, and a panel of three temporary judges. At present they are ail U.S. lawyers appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and employed under U.S. Civil Service laws for full-time judicial work. Currently the members of the panel of temporary judges are the Presiding Judge of the District Court of Guam and two of the senior judges of the Island Court of Guam. 27 . %