Title 18 — Elections
17 chapters · 232 sections in this title.
18 V.I.C. § 788 Illegal voting
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Whoever willfully, being unqualified to vote at an election, votes thereat, shall, even though not challenged, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned no more than one year, or both; but such vote shall not invalidate the entire election.
18 V.I.C. § 789 Voting in false name
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Whoever votes or attempts to vote in the name of another person or in any name other than his own, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 790 Voting more than once
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Whoever willfully votes or attempts to vote more than once at the same election, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 791 Refusal to accept vote; acceptance of illegal vote
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Whoever, being an election official, knowingly refuses the vote of a duly registered and qualified elector, or knowingly accepts the vote of a person not registered in accordance with the provisions of this title (except that of an armed forces absentee as provided in chapter 25 …
18 V.I.C. § 792 Undue influence by force
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Whoever directly or indirectly uses or threatens to use force, coercion, violence or restraint, or inflicts or threatens to inflict damage, harm, or loss, upon or against any person to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting for any candidate in any election, …
18 V.I.C. § 793 Undue influence by gift of money or valuable thing
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Whoever gives or promises to give, or offers any money or valuable thing, to any person with the intent to induce him to vote for or refrain from voting for any candidate at any election, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 794 Improper disclosure of vote
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Whoever, being an election official or any other person, while the polls are open, opens any ballot marked by, or received from, a voter at any election, or marks a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it, or otherwise attempts to discover, or, having disc…
18 V.I.C. § 795 Improper change of election documents
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Whoever willfully changes or causes to be changed any official election documents, including ballots, tallies, and returns, or attempts to do so, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 796 Improper delay of election returns
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Whoever willfully delays or causes to be delayed any election returns, or attempts to do so, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 797 False count by election officials
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Whoever, being an election official, willfully permits or makes or attempts to make any false count of ballots or the election returns, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 798 Concealment or destruction of ballots or returns by election officials
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Whoever, being an election official, willfully conceals, withholds, or destroys any ballot or election returns, or attempts to do so, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 799 Improper influence of election by election officials
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Whoever, being an election official, willfully fails to perform any election duty or knowingly does any unauthorized act with the intent to affect the election or its results, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 800 Time limitation
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No prosecution for any offense defined in this subchapter may be maintained unless it is commenced within one year after the date of the election in connection with which the offense is alleged to have been committed.
18 V.I.C. § 831 Offenses defined; penalties
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(a) Whoever:(1) being an official, fails, neglects or refuses to perform the duties required of him by chapter 25 of this title; or(2) makes a false statement for the purpose of procuring an absentee ballot, or knowingly assists in procuring such a ballot for a person who is not …
18 V.I.C. § 851 False statements; false swearing
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(1) Whoever:(1) With regard to a material matter or thing relating to any subject investigated, heard, or acted upon by any board of elections or member thereof, or by any election officer, clerk, watcher, inspector of registration, court or judge by virtue of this title, willful…
18 V.I.C. § 852 Undue influence of election official
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Whoever, by force, threat, intimidation, or offers of reward, induces or attempts to induce any election official to fail in his duty, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 853 Destruction, removal or alteration of documents or records; unlawful entries
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(1) Whoever:(1) being a member of a board of elections or an employee of such a board, or any other person, unlawfully destroys or attempts to destroy any register, registration card, book, paper, affidavit or other document or record of the board, or unlawfully removes or attemp…
18 V.I.C. § 854 Neglect or refusal to perform duty
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Whoever, being an election official or other person, upon whom a duty is laid by this title, willfully delays, neglects or refuses to perform such duty, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 855 Interfering with, or hindering, person in performance of duty
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Whoever intentionally interferes with, hinders, or delays any other person in the performance of any act or duty authorized or imposed by this title shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
18 V.I.C. § 856 Refusal or failure of police officer to give assistance when demanded; hindering or delaying election officer
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(1) Whoever, being a police or peace officer:(1) refuses or fails, upon demand of any member of a board of elections, or inspector of registration, to render such aid and assistance to him as he shall demand in the maintenance of peace and in the making of arrests without warrant…
18 V.I.C. § 857 Voting outside the Territory by elected officials
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It is unlawful for any person while being elected to the Office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to vote in any election for public office outside of the Territory. Any elected official found guilty of this offense forfeits his offi…
18 V.I.C. § 901 Purpose
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(a) The Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to:(1) require the timely disclosure of contributions to candidates and committees supporting or opposing candidates campaigning for public office;(2) require the timely disclosure of expenditures by candidates a…
18 V.I.C. § 902 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Candidate” means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to any elective office of this Territory, whether or not such individual is elected and whether or not such individual has formally or publicly announced his candidacy.…
18 V.I.C. § 903 Political committees; organization; recordkeeping
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(a) Each individual who is a candidate for public elected office in the United States Virgin Islands may designate a committee as his principal campaign committee; provided, however, that Territorywide candidates may have a principal campaign committee on each island. No committe…
18 V.I.C. § 904 Political committees; registration
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(a) Each political committee which anticipates receiving contributions or making expenditures during the calendar year in an aggregate amount exceeding $500 shall file with the Supervisor a statement of organization within ten days after its organization or, if later, within ten …
18 V.I.C. § 905 Political committees; reports; filing
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(a) The treasurer of each political committee required to file a statement of organization pursuant to section 904 shall file reports with the Supervisor disclosing the following information:(1) the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period;(2) the identific…
18 V.I.C. § 906 Reports by individuals; filing
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(a) Every person, independent of an organized committee, who makes or receives contributions or makes expenditures in an aggregate amount of over $500 during a calendar year, which contributions and expenditures are for the express purpose of advocating the election or defeat of …
18 V.I.C. § 907 Limitations on contributions
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(a) No person shall make contributions:(1) to any candidate or his authorized political committee with respect to any election which, in the aggregate, exceed $1,000 per election; or(2) to any multicandidate political committee, for any election, which exceeds an amount equal to …
18 V.I.C. § 908 Campaign depositories, petty cash
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(a) Each candidate shall designate one or more banks as his campaign depositories. The principal campaign committee of the candidate, and any other political committee authorized by the candidate to receive contributions or to make expenditures on his behalf, shall maintain a sin…
18 V.I.C. § 909 Administration of chapter
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(a) The Supervisor of Elections shall administer the provisions of this chapter. In so doing, the Supervisor shall be answerable to or subject to the will or control of the Board of Elections. (b) In administering the provisions of this chapter, the Supervisor shall have the foll…
18 V.I.C. § 910 Enforcement
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(a) Any person who believes a violation of this chapter has occurred may file a complaint with the Supervisor. The complaint shall be in writing, shall be signed and sworn to by the person filing the complaint, and shall be notarized. The Supervisor shall not conduct any investig…
18 V.I.C. § 911 Penalties
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Notwithstanding any other penalty limits of this chapter, any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined an amount not more than $5,000 or three times the amount of any contribution or expenditure involved in such violation, w…