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V.I. Code tit. 18, § 108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 108. Change of enrollment of political party; cancellation of party enrollment

 (a) At any time prior to the thirtieth day next preceding a primary, any person who desires to change the enrollment of his political designation, or who, although registered, has not hitherto enrolled as a member of a party, may appear before a member of the board or the clerk and state in writing, over his signature, the political party in which he desires to be enrolled, and that he subscribes to the policies of said party, and the board member or clerk shall cause the enrollment of the elector's political designation to be made or altered accordingly in the general and district registers. In such cases the signature of the elector shall be verified by comparison with his signature on the general and district registers before the change of enrollment is made. When an elector has applied for a change in the enrollment of his political designation, as provided herein, the board member or clerk shall, upon request, stamp or mark the change so made on the card evidencing the elector's registration, issued to him pursuant to subsection (e) of section 100 of this title. (b) At any time not later than the thirtieth day preceding any primary, any qualified elector of the election district may petition the board to cancel the party enrollment of any registered elector of such district who has previously enrolled as a member of a party for the purpose of voting at primary elections, setting forth, under oath, that he has probable cause to believe that such elector is no longer a member of the party with which he has been enrolled, and also setting forth that due notice of the time and place when said petition would be presented had been given to the person so registered, at least 48 hours prior to presentation of the same, by delivering a copy of the petition to him personally or by leaving it with an adult member of the family with which he resides. If, at the hearing of any such petition, the elector against whom the petition is filed appears and certifies in writing that he subscribes to the policies of the party with which he is enrolled at the time of said hearing, the petition shall be refused, otherwise the party enrollment of such elector shall forthwith be cancelled. This subdivision shall become effective after the general election in 1964.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 109 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 109. Reports of change of voter status

 (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Health or his designee, receiving original reports of deaths to notify the appropriate Board of Elections of the deaths of all persons of voting age who had been residents within the jurisdiction of such Board. (b) It shall be the duty of every court which authorizes a legal change of name to notify the appropriate Board of Elections of such change of name of any person residing within the jurisdiction of such Board. Upon receipt of any such notice the Board shall ascertain whether the person so affected is registered and if so shall correct the elector's registration card accordingly. (c) It shall be the duty of every court having jurisdiction over such matters to notify the appropriate Board of Elections of all convictions resulting in loss of voting privileges of persons residing within the jurisdiction of such Board. (d) It shall be the duty of every court having jurisdiction over such matters to notify the appropriate Board of Elections upon the adjudication of any person of voting age as incompetent. (e) The Supervisor of Elections shall make arrangements with the appropriate federal agency for the regular receipt by Boards of Elections of official information as to naturalization, convictions resulting in loss of voting privileges and permanent change of address of persons residing within the jurisdiction of such Boards. (f) Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P.L. 107-252 (the Help America Vote Act of 2002), § 251, the Supervisor of Elections shall make specific arrangements with the Police Department, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Department of Health, Superior Court, and the Commissioner of Social Security or his designee on the verification of applicable information.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 110. Check-ups of registers

 (a) At least once in each four years, the board shall conduct a check-up of each registered elector in the election district by any method deemed necessary. (b) For the purpose of facilitating any such check-up, the board may, when necessary, appoint special inspectors of registration, in number not exceeding double the number of polling districts which the board shall determine to canvass. (c) Special inspectors shall have and may exercise the powers conferred by this chapter upon inspectors of registration. They shall be qualified electors of the election district, and shall be appointed without reference to residence in polling districts or to their political affiliations or beliefs. (d) The board shall instruct each special inspector in his duties.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 111 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 111. Notification upon transfer in certain instances

 Whenever the registration card of an elector is transferred from one register, either district or general, to another under circumstances other than those described and provided in sections 106 and 107 of this chapter, the board affecting such transfer shall give written notice thereof to the affected elector not later than thirty (30) days prior to the next election, whether it be a primary or general election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 112. Comparison and correction of registers

 Commencing 45 days prior to each election and 30 days prior to each primary, the board shall compare and, if necessary, correct the general and district registers. In cases where the Board has made corrections in the register, it shall give written notice thereof to all affected electors not later than 20 days prior to the election and primary. Not later than 20 days prior to the general election and until immediately following such election, the general and district registers shall be deemed closed for changes or additions, except by the Board in the case of mistakes in registration or clerical errors.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 113 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 113. Petition to strike off names

 At any time not later than the twentieth day preceding any election or primary, any qualified elector of an election district, including any watcher and any inspector of registration, may petition the board of elections thereof to cancel the registration of any registered elector of such district, setting forth, under oath, supported by the affidavits of at least two adult persons, sufficient grounds for such cancellation, and also setting forth that due notice of the time and place when said petition would be presented had been given to the person so registered, personally, at least 48 hours prior to the presentation of the same, or that he could not be found at the place given in the district register as his residence and that the person in charge thereof, to be mentioned by name in said petition, had declared that he or she was well acquainted with the names of all persons residing at the address given as such residence and that the person so registered had never been or was no longer one of them, and that no such person is residing in the district, whereupon the board shall forthwith cancel the registration of such elector, and amend accordingly the general and district registers and the other records affected, unless the person so registered shall appear and show cause why the same should not be done.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 114 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 114. Delivery of district registers to election officers

 (a) Not later than noon of the preceding an election or primary, the board shall have the district register accurately corrected to date, for each polling district, and, if more than one polling place has been established for a polling district under section 194 of this title, for each such polling place, and shall deliver the same to the judge of election for use on election day, as provided by section 553 of this title. The board shall not deliver the registration card, for use at the polls on election day, of any person who has removed from the election district. The board shall withdraw from the district registers the cards of all such persons before the registers are so delivered. (b) Each district register, and, if it has been subdivided in the manner provided by subsection (b) of section 105 of this title, each subdivision thereof, when delivered as provided by subsection (a) of this section shall be contained in a suitable binder provided by the Supervisor of Elections, so constructed and locked that the name, address, voting record, and other data on each card may be visible, and that entries may be made on each card, but that the cards cannot be removed by the election officers. Such binders shall have printed or written thereon the words “District Register of Voters” and the name of the polling district, and also, if a binder contains only a subdivision of a district register, the designation of the polling place.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 115 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 115. Examination of district registers

 (a) Immediately following each election or primary, the board of elections shall cause each district register to be examined. (b) In the case of any elector whom the election officers shall have recorded as removed, deceased, or challenged and prevented from voting, the board shall ascertain the facts and shall correct the general and district registers in accordance with the procedure outlined in section 110 of this title. (c) Whenever the registration card of any registered elector shall have been entirely filled up so that the entries required to be made thereon by this chapter can no longer be made, the board shall have prepared and attached to such registration cards in each register a supplemental card. Each supplemental card shall be printed in a color different from the registration cards. It shall have the same serial number as the registration card, followed by the letter “A”, “B”, et cetera, according to the number of supplemental cards attached to each registration card. Each supplemental card shall have space thereon for the entry of the surname of the registered elector, his Christian name or names, the street and number of his residence, the polling district in which he resides and to which he may from time to time remove; together with his street address in each such district, and the other data required to be given upon such removal, the date of each election and primary at which the elector votes, and the signature or initials of the election officer who enters the record of voting on the card. Each supplemental card shall be attached to the registration card to which it relates, by permanent fasteners, in such a manner that the contents of the registration card may be examined and the entries required by this chapter may be made on the supplemental card. Whenever supplemental cards are attached to the registration card of any elector, the registration card shall be stamped with the words “Supplemental cards attached”, together with the date thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 118 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 118. Correction by board of errors in cancellation of registration

 Whenever the registration of an elector has been cancelled through error, such elector may petition the board of elections for the reinstatement of this registration not later than the tenth day preceding any primary or election, and after a hearing on said application, if error on the part of the board is proved, the board shall reinstate the registration of such elector.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 119 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 119. Appeals to court; time of hearing; notice; postponement; hearing; decision of court; costs and fees

 (a) Upon the exhaustion of any administrative remedies provided by this title, any person whose claim for registration has been denied by a board of elections, or whose name, although previously registered, has been removed and not restored by a board upon petition filed for that purpose as herein provided, or whose registration or party enrollment has been cancelled for any cause, or any qualified elector of any election district whose rights are impaired by any general order made by a board (not including refusals to remove names upon any petition of any kind aforesaid), may file an appeal with the Superior Court not later than the tenth day preceding any election or primary, setting forth why he feels that an injustice has been done, and praying for such order as will give him relief. Thereupon the judge of the Superior Court shall fix a time and place for hearing the matter in dispute, of which notice shall be served, with a copy of said appeal, by the appellant, upon the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands and upon any elector, or his attorney, who opposed the contention of the appellant before the board, at least 48 hours before such matter may be reviewed by the court. Proof of notice or the waiver thereof must be filed therein. (b) The judge of the Superior Court may enlarge the time of notice or postpone such hearing as may be reasonable with due regard for the time remaining before the succeeding election or primary. At the time so fixed, the court shall hear all the witnesses and other evidence that may be offered, unless the issue can be decided in some other manner by agreement of the parties concerned. (c) If, after any such public hearing, the court shall find that an injustice has been done, it may reverse or alter the decision of the board and modify any order made by it accordingly, and, if necessary, issue its mandate to the election officers of any polling district to permit the appellant to vote at any designated election or primary although his name may not have been entered in or restored to the district register of such district. If the appellant shall not satisfy the court that an injustice has been done, the decision of the board shall be affirmed. (d) The court may compel the appellant, or any opposing party other than the board, or, in proper cases, the Government, to pay all the witness fees and other legal costs of such appeal, which may be assessed by the clerk in the usual manner, but in all cases where the appeal is sustained by the court, the costs advanced by the appellant shall be ordered refunded.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 120 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Registration of Electors|§ 120. Production of documents, etc., at appeals

 At the written request of any person taking an appeal from any action or order of a board as aforesaid, the board shall produce at the hearing thereof any petition, register or other record in its custody relevant to the issue involved.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 151 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 151. Appointment of election officers and clerks; vacancies; conduct of elections

 (a) The board of elections in each legislative district shall, not later than 20 days prior to the day on which a primary or election is to be held, appoint, as election officers, one Judge of Election and one inspector of election for each polling district in the district. The board shall also appoint two clerks of election for each polling district. If more than one polling place for a polling district is established under section 194 of this title, the board shall appoint one Judge of Election and one inspector of election as election officers for each polling place for such polling district, and two clerks of election for each polling place. At least one of the election officers and clerks appointed for each polling place pursuant to this section shall be fluent in both Spanish and English. The Chairmen of political parties in each legislative district shall have the right to submit to the board their nominations therefor. (b) The Board of Elections in each legislative district shall appoint in addition to the officers and clerks authorized to be appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, one voting machine monitor for each voting machine within each polling place. (c) If, at any time prior to the day of any primary or election, a vacancy occurs by reason of the disqualification, removal, resignation or death of an election officer, clerk or voting machine monitor, or from any other cause, the board shall fill the vacancy by appointment of another person who has the qualifications prescribed in this chapter and who is a member of the same political party as that of the appointee whose place he is filling. The chairman of such party in the legislative district shall have the right, prior to such appointment, to submit to the board his nomination therefor. If, on or before the day of any primary or general election, a temporary vacancy occurs by reason of absence, temporary illness or other cause, the board may, in order to discharge any of the functions involved, make a temporary appointment as acting election officer, clerk or voting machine monitor, appointing another person with the prescribed qualifications. (d) All primaries and elections in each polling district shall be conducted by the election officers appointed therefor under this section, and the election officers and clerks shall, in all matters appertaining thereto, be under the supervision of, and be responsible to, the board which appointed them.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 152 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 152. Qualifications of election officers and clerks

 (a) Election officers and clerks shall be qualified registered electors of the election district in which they are appointed. (b) No election officer or clerk shall be eligible for any public office to be voted for at a primary or election at which he shall serve. (c) The boards of elections may appoint special election officers and clerks to assist in the conduct of registration and elections.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 153 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 153. Election officers and clerks to be sworn

 (a) Pursuant to section 151, subsection (a) of this title, all judges, inspectors, voting machine monitors, and clerks of election shall be duly sworn by the Chairman of the Board of Elections of the district in which they are to serve, or, in his absence, by another member of the Board. Each of them shall forthwith sign in duplicate the oath taken by him upon forms to be furnished by the Board, and the same shall be attested by the officer who administered the oath. (b) A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy or a temporary vacancy pursuant to section 151, subsection (c) shall either be duly sworn as prescribed by subsection (a) of this section or shall submit a sworn affidavit, duly notarized, to the Board of Elections in the polling district in which the vacancy exists.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 154 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 154. Oath of election officers

 The following shall be the form of the oath of each judge, inspector, voting machine monitor or clerk of electionI, ____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will as judge, inspector, voting machine monitor or clerk duly attend the ensuing election (or primary) during the continuance thereof in the polling district for which I was appointed, and in cooperation with other election officials, faithfully carry out the same; that I will not give my consent to the admission of any person to vote, except such as I firmly believe to be registered and entitled to vote at such election (or primary) according to the provisions of the laws of the Virgin Islands and the laws applicable to the Virgin Islands, and that I will use my best endeavors to prevent fraud, deceit or abuse in carrying out the same, and that I will make a true and perfect return of the said election (or primary) and will at all times impartially and faithfully perform my duties respecting the same, to the best of my judgment and ability; and that I am not directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager on the result of this election (or primary).
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 157 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 157. Power of election officers to administer oaths

 The judge and inspectors of election may administer oaths or affirmations to any person claiming the right to vote, or to his witnesses, or in any matter or thing required to be done or inquired into by them under this title.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 158 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 158. Compensation of election officers and clerks

 (a) For each primary or election, election officers and clerks shall receive compensation from the board of elections which appointed them, as follows: 1. Each judge of election, $150. 2. Each inspector of election, $125. 3. Each clerk of election, $100. 4. Each voting machine monitor, $100. (b) Each of the election officials whose compensation is provided for in subsection (a) shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of $20 for each instructional meeting which they attend. (c) In addition to the compensation provided by subsection (a) of this section, each election official shall be compensated an additional $10 for each shift worked which shift commences on or after 6:00 p.m.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 159 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Election Officers|§ 159. Immunity from arrest

 Judges, inspectors, and clerks of election shall be privileged from arrest upon days of primaries and elections, and while engaged in making up and transmitting returns, except upon the warrant of a court of record, or judge thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach of the peace.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 192 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Polling Districts and Places; Booths|§ 192. Polling districts for the Island of St. John and adjacent islets and cays

 There shall be two polling districts for the Island of St. John and adjacent islets and cays, as follows: (1) The Cruz Bay polling district, comprising the Cruz Bay and Reef Bay quarters of the Island of Saint John, Grass, Mingo, Lovango and Congo Cays and adjacent islets and cays; and (2) The Coral Bay polling district, comprising the Coral Bay, East End and Maho Bay quarters of the Island of Saint John, Flanagan Island and adjacent islets and cays.