8. 2000 年，关岛立法机构授权关岛选举委员会确定非殖民化公民投票的日期，在公民投票中将要求该领土的土著居民在设州、独立或与美国自由联合三者之间作出选择。公民投票结果不具约束力，但将为今后与管理国的任何政治地位谈判确定方向。公民投票定于 2004 年 11 月 2 日举行，但因尚未确定和登记合格选民而推迟。参与大选的普选权适用于年满 18 岁或以上且为关岛合法居民的美国公民。凡在关岛出生并接受美国司法管辖者均为美国公民。然而，据管理国称，关岛选举委员会对合格的公民投票选民的说明更为狭义，仅包括那些可以证明祖先在 1950 年通过《组织法》时为该岛屿居民的人，这种说法的合宪性目前正在美国关岛地区法院受到质疑。关岛选举委员会宣布，截至 2015 年 12 月 31 日，关岛共有 45 010 名登记选民，截至 2015 年 9 月 30 日，有 9 089 名登记土著居民。2011 年，卡尔沃先生在大约十年时间里第一次召开非殖民化委员会会议。
8. In 2000, the Guam legislature provided the Guam Election Commission with the power to set the date of the decolonization plebiscite, in which it was expected that the Territory’s indigenous people would be asked to choose between statehood, independence and free association with the United States. The plebiscite would have been non-binding, but would at the same time have set the course for any future discussions of political status with the administering Power. The vote, scheduled to be conducted on 2 November 2004, was postponed because eligible voters had not been identified and registered. Universal suffrage with regard to gene ral elections applies to United States citizens who are 18 years of age or older and are legal residents of Guam. All persons born in Guam and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are citizens of the United States. However, according to the administering Power, the Guam Election Commission has described eligible plebiscitary voters more narrowly to include only those who can trace their roots back to those residents living on the island at the time of the passage of the Organic Act in 1950, the constitutionality of which is currently being challenged in the United States District Court for the District of Guam. The Guam Election Commission announced that there were 45,010 registered voters as at 31 December 2015 and 9,089 registered native inhabitants as at 30 September 2015. In 2011, Mr. Calvo convened the Commission on Decolonization for the first time in about a decade.