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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
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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
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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
.
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*s are held and, in some areas
signe
d as Public
Law No.
2-16 ".
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wh eco Be he cecal Uae en Pea ke Baa.
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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
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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.
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