On May 21, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Underwood v Guam, 06-1268, the case over whether the Republican Party candidate for Governor in 2006 should have faced a run-off, or whether he should have been declared the winner. The dispute centered around whether “votes cast” includes void votes. The Guam Supreme Court had said a void vote is not a “vote cast.” The federal law governing Guam gubernatorial elections requires that the winner receive a majority of the “votes cast.”