Title 18, Elections
17 chapters · 222 sections in this title.
18 V.I.C. § 41 Board of Elections
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(a) There is a single Board of Elections that governs both election districts. (b) The Board consists of fourteen members; seven from each district, who are elected by the electors of each election district beginning with the 2018 general election. No more than four members of th…
18 V.I.C. § 45 Clerk and other assistants; compensation; powers and duties of clerk; inspector of registration
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(a) There may be employed to serve the board of elections a clerk and other necessary board assistants, which clerk and other assistants shall be in the career service established pursuant to the provisions of Title 3, chapter 25 of the Code. Such clerk and other assistants shall…
18 V.I.C. § 46 Quarters
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall provide suitable and adequate offices within its election district, properly furnished for keeping its records, holding its public sessions and otherwise performing its public duties.
18 V.I.C. § 47 Jurisdiction, powers and duties of boards
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(1) The boards of elections, within their respective election districts, have jurisdiction over the registration of electors and the conduct of primaries and elections, in accordance with the provisions of this title and such rules and regulations as may be prescribed under this …
18 V.I.C. § 48 Regulations; subpoenas; oaths; witnesses; fees
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(a) Each board of elections may prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with this title or other law, to govern its public sessions, and may issue subpoenas, summon witnesses, compel production of books, papers, records and other evidence, and fix the time and place for hearing a…
18 V.I.C. § 50 Journal of proceedings
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Each board of elections shall maintain a journal of all its proceedings, which shall be kept by the clerk of the board.
18 V.I.C. § 51 Counsel, compensation; duties
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The Joint Board of Elections shall have the discretion to retain the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands to serve as counsel for each board of elections, or to retain an independent Counsel. If elected by the Joint Board of Elections to serve as counsel, the Attorney General s…
18 V.I.C. § 52 Acts of board employees
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Any insertion or removal of names or other information in registers, or the amending of any records by an employee of a board of elections, shall be construed to have been done by the board itself, which shall likewise be responsible for the correction of any errors in the doing …
18 V.I.C. § 53 Public inspection of records and documents
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(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the records of each board of elections, and all registers, voting lists, certificates, papers, affidavits, general and duplicate returns, petitions, appeals, witness lists, accounts, contracts, reports, and other do…
18 V.I.C. § 54 Preservation of records
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All documents, papers and records in the office of the board of elections for each district, relating to the conduct and result of any primary or election, shall be preserved for a period of at least two years, and shall be preserved for a greater period if the board has been not…
18 V.I.C. § 55 Watchers, attorneys and candidates at board sessions
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(a) Any political party which is, or hereafter may be, entitled to have watchers at any registration or election, shall also be entitled to appoint watchers who are qualified electors, or attorneys, to represent such party at any public session of the board of elections of the di…
18 V.I.C. § 56 Board members as inspectors of registration
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Any member of the Board of Elections may inspect the records of voter registration, but any removal of the information, including making copies, must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board at a meeting that has a quorum present. When inspecting the records of voter…
18 V.I.C. § 57 Immunity from arrest
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Members of boards of elections, inspectors of registration and the Supervisor of Elections shall be privileged from arrest while performing their duties as such under this title, except upon warrant of a court of record or a judge thereof, for felony, for wanton breach of the pea…
18 V.I.C. § 58 Intervention in suits
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In any suit brought by or against the Virgin Islands Elections System, the Attorney General shall be permitted to intervene on behalf of the territory of the Virgin Islands at any stage of the proceedings.