Title 18, Elections
17 chapters · 222 sections in this title.
18 V.I.C. § 451 Preparation of ballot
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All primaries and elections in the Virgin Islands shall be conducted by ballot. The Supervisor of Elections shall, prior to each primary and election, prepare the format of the ballot as it shall appear on the electronic voting machine in the form prescribed by this chapter under…
18 V.I.C. § 471 Form of primary ballots
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(a) At primaries separate ballots shall be prepared for each political party, and the electronic voting machines shall be set so that the elector may vote the ballot of only the political party in which he is registered. (b) The ballot to be used at primary elections shall appear…
18 V.I.C. § 473 Sample ballots
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For each primary, the Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to the board of elections of each legislative district sample ballots of each party in similar form to the official ballot, printed on white paper and without the facsimile endorsement of the Supervisor of Elections, equ…
18 V.I.C. § 491 Emblems of parties
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(a) Each political party as determined by the Supervisor of Elections within the meaning of section 301 of this title shall be entitled to submit to the Supervisor of Elections not later than five days after the primary in the election year a party emblem to be entered on the for…
18 V.I.C. § 492 Form and color of official election ballot
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(a) The official ballot to be used at general elections shall appear on the electronic voting machine in substantially the following form:OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT Election District of Virgin Islands GeneralElections held on the day of November To vote for any individual candidate…
18 V.I.C. § 493 Number; samples
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(a) For each election district in which a general election is to be held, the Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to the board of elections thereof 50 official election ballots for every 45 registered electors and fraction thereof in each polling district within the election di…
18 V.I.C. § 501 Electronic voting machines; format
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(a) All ballots shall be designed so that they are in plain clear type as the space will reasonably permit, capitalizing only the first letters and initials of each name. The names of parties or political bodies which contain more than twenty-two letters may, whenever limitations…
18 V.I.C. § 502 Form for referenda
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Proposed referenda or other questions submitted shall appear on the electronic voting machine. The electronic voting machine shall contain buttons indicating “yes” or “no” and the questions shall be numbered consecutively on the face of the ballot.
18 V.I.C. § 503 Facsimile and sample
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The Supervisor of Elections shall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing such part of the face of the electronic voting machine as shall be in use at that election under the direction of the District Board. Such facsimile and…
18 V.I.C. § 504 Examination by voters and instruction in use of electronic voting machines
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One or more electronic voting machines which shall contain the ballot labels, showing the party emblems and title of officers to be voted for, and which shall, so far as practicable, contain the names of the candidates to be voted for, shall be placed on public exhibition in a su…
18 V.I.C. § 506 Testing of tabulating equipment
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(a) On any day not more than 10 days prior to the election day, the Supervisor of Elections shall have the electronic voting machines tested to ascertain that the equipment will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and plac…
18 V.I.C. § 507 Examination of equipment during voting
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A member of the board of elections, or a designee of the board of elections, shall occasionally examine the face of the electronic voting machine and the ballot information to determine that the machine and the ballot information have not been tampered with or damaged.
18 V.I.C. § 508 Election contests
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Except as herein provided, certification and election contests shall be conducted as otherwise provided in chapter 23 of this title. Automatic tabulating equipment shall be tested prior to the recount of election contests, as provided in section 506 of this subchapter and then th…
18 V.I.C. § 511 Candidates with similar surnames; printing occupation
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If two or more candidates for the same office shall have the same or similar surnames, the Supervisor of Elections shall, upon the request of any such candidate filed in writing not later than five days after the last day for filing nomination petitions, certificates or papers, p…
18 V.I.C. § 512 Names of substituted candidates to be printed
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As soon as any substituted candidate shall have been duly nominated, at any time prior to the day on which the printing of ballots is started, his name shall be substituted in place of that of the candidate who has died or withdrawn.
18 V.I.C. § 513 Responsibility for accurate printing and safekeeping
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The Supervisor of Elections shall cause all the ballots to be used at a primary or election to be accurately printed in clear type, and he and the boards of elections, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the ballots while in his or their possession or …
18 V.I.C. § 514 Instructions for voters
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The Supervisor of Elections shall prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at primaries and general elections, as to obtaining ballots, the manner of marking them, the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new ballots in place of those that are found to be…
18 V.I.C. § 515 Delivery of ballots to boards
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The Supervisor of Elections shall send in sealed packages for each polling district the ballots prepared by him to the several boards of elections so as to be received by them at least two days prior to the day of the primary or election. Each package shall be marked on the outsi…
18 V.I.C. § 516 Receipts for ballots
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Each board of elections shall, on delivery to it of the packages referred to in section 515 of this title, return a receipt therefor, signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board, to the Supervisor of Elections or his deputy.
18 V.I.C. § 517 Ballot boxes
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The Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to each board of elections one ballot box for each polling place in its district, to contain the ballots voted. The ballot boxes shall be of sufficient size to contain all the votes and shall be so constructed that no ballots can be taken…