Title 18 — Elections
17 chapters · 232 sections in this title.
18 V.I.C. § 661 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Absentee” means: any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote in elections in the Virgin Islands who applies for an absentee ballot pursuant to section 664 of this chapter.(2) “Election” means either “general election” or “primary electio…
18 V.I.C. § 662 When permitted
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(a) Any person who fulfills the definition of an absentee pursuant to section 661 of this chapter may vote at such election in the manner provided by this chapter. (b) If a U.S. citizen living outside the United States who has never lived in the United States has a parent who is …
18 V.I.C. § 663 Forms of ballots and envelopes
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(a) Not less than thirty (30) days prior to each election the Supervisor of Elections shall prepare in such quantities as he deems necessary the following papers:1. Absentee ballots similar in form to the official ballots and containing the forwarding address for the appropriate …
18 V.I.C. § 664 Applications for ballots; time
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An application for an absentee ballot shall be made in person or in writing to the Supervisor of Elections by the absentee or anyone in his behalf, which application shall contain the absentee's name, present mailing address, legal residence and satisfactory proof of his status a…
18 V.I.C. § 665 Voting procedure; delivery of marked ballots; time limit; record
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(a) An absentee who has received an absentee ballot may vote by mailing or causing to be delivered to the board of elections for the proper election district such ballot marked and sworn to, as follows:After marking the ballot, the voter shall enclose and seal it in the envelope …
18 V.I.C. § 666 Examination of affidavits; filing; delivery of unopened envelopes to Supervisor of Elections
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(a) Upon receipt by a board of elections; within the time prescribed by section 665 of this title of the mailing envelope containing the affidavit envelope and the absentee ballot envelope, after it has been stamped or endorsed in a manner provided by subsection (c) of such secti…
18 V.I.C. § 667 Counting absentee ballots; watchers
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(a) Each board of elections shall, after the time specified in subsection (a) of section 665 hereof, remove all absentee ballots from the file referred to in subsection (a) of section 666 hereof, remove the ballot envelope from the affidavit envelope and place such ballot envelop…
18 V.I.C. § 668 Challenges; procedure
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All absentee ballots received by a board of elections shall be subject to challenge by a watcher or other qualified elector prior to the removal of the absentee ballot envelope from the envelope containing the applicant's affidavit, for noncompliance with this chapter or for any …
18 V.I.C. § 669 Immaterial defects
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No ballot transmitted under this chapter shall be rejected for any immaterial addition, omission or irregularity in the preparation or execution of any writing or affidavit required by this chapter.
18 V.I.C. § 670 Death of voter
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No ballot mailed or delivered under this chapter shall be counted if the board of elections is cognizant of the fact that the voter has died prior to the opening of the polls on the day of election.
18 V.I.C. § 671 Registration
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Before the delivery of the ballots cast at a general election to the Supervisor of Elections as required by section 626 of this title, the board shall enter the registration of each absentee, whose vote was counted, in the general register, and the proper district register or sub…
18 V.I.C. § 672 Delivery of ballots to Supervisor of Elections
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The absentee ballots counted and rejected by the board of elections shall, after the registration required by section 671 of this title, be wrapped and sealed in separate packages properly marked as to their contents, and shall be delivered to the Supervisor of Elections along wi…
18 V.I.C. § 673 Voting in person
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Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a voter who has mailed or delivered a ballot under this chapter from voting in person. An applicant for an absentee ballot shall vote in person if he is able to do so even though his application for such ballot was made in good faith; and if …
18 V.I.C. § 674 Construction with other provisions
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If any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with other provisions of this title, this chapter controls insofar as it relates to the method of voting as herein prescribed.
18 V.I.C. § 675 Use of federal write-in absentee ballot
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(a) Expanded use of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. If the voter is residing outside the United States, or is a member of the United States Uniformed Services or Merchant Marine, or their family members, and a qualified elector, he or she may use the Federal Write-In Absent…