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V.I. Code tit. 18, § 621 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 621. Duties of election officers after close of polls

 After the polls are closed and the last elector has voted, the election officers and clerks who have been present throughout the election day may be replaced by another set of election officers, designated by the Board of Elections, which election officers shall have the same qualifications and take the same oath as prescribed in chapter 7 of this title. Before the electronic voting machine is opened, the election officers shall count the number of electors admitted to vote as shown by the district register and check such number against the number of electors admitted to vote as shown by the voting list, and against the number of electors voting as shown on the list of voters who have voted, shall announce the results, and include the result in the statement required by section 625 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 622 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 622. Counting votes; periodic announcements

 As soon as the procedures prescribed by section 621 of this title have been complied with, the election officers and clerks who have been present throughout the election may be replaced by another set of election officers, who shall have the same qualifications, receive the same compensation and take the same oath as prescribed in chapter 7 of this title. The election officers shall open the electronic voting machine and the ballot boxes holding paper ballots and obtain the tabulations separately cast for election to the boards of education and elections from all other tabulations of ballots cast in the election; provided, that at primaries, the ballots shall be separated according to the political party to which they belong. The number of persons voting at a primary shall equal the total number of persons who signed the register at the polling stations.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 624 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 624. Ballot decisions to be made by inspectors; duty of judge

 Decisions concerning the validity of any ballots, and the count to be recorded thereon, shall be made by the Board of Elections.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 625 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 625. Statement of votes cast

 After the votes for each candidate have been tallied and counted by the election officers as provided in this chapter, such officers shall prepare a statement showing the number of votes cast for each person (upon the respective party tickets at primaries), the total number of ballots received from the board of elections (the number of each party at primaries), the number of ballots cast (the number of each party at primaries), the number of ballots (of each party at primaries) declared void, and any blank ballots cast for each candidate. At elections, the number of votes cast for each candidate by each political party or body by which he has been nominated, and for each independent candidate, shall be separately stated. In specifying any votes cast for persons whose names are not on the ballot, the election officers shall record any such names exactly as they were written or pasted to the ballot. The statement shall be signed by the election officers and clerks, and, after its delivery to the board of elections as provided in this chapter, shall be kept in the records of the board. If any election officer or clerk refuses to sign the statement, he shall append and sign a statement giving his reasons for such refusal.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 626 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 626. Sealing and delivery of ballots and records; retention

 After the votes cast at the respective polling places for each of the candidates have been counted and the statement has been made as required by sections 621 and 625 of this title, the results shall be announced to the persons present, and the tally papers, shall be securely sealed in a package, upon the outside of which shall be endorsed: “Enclosed are the tally papers of the ballots cast at the election [or primary] held at the ____ polling district, Election District of ____, on the ____ day of ____, 19____”. If there is more than one polling place for a polling district, the endorsement shall also specify the polling place. The judge of election and inspector of opposite political affiliation shall forthwith deliver such package, along with the statement required by sections 621 and 625 of this title, the sealed packages, containers or envelopes referred to in section 621 of this title, and the electronic voting machines, and the district register, to the board of elections. All books, lists, papers and other vouchers in connection with a primary or election, other than the district register, shall be signed by the election officers and delivered by the boards of elections, after the determination of the result, to the Supervisor of Elections, and kept by the Supervisor of Elections, as vouchers to the primary or election, for a period of at least two years.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 627 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 627. General rule for determining result; notification of candidates

 (a) Each board of elections, after having received all statements, books, lists, papers, vouchers, ballots, ballot boxes and district register from each polling district and polling place in its district, shall convene not later than one day following the receipt thereof and determine the total number of votes cast in the election district for each candidate; Provided, That in the case of the election to the boards of education and elections, the boards of elections shall convene not later than three days after receipt of the aforementioned materials. (b) The chairman, or in his absence, the vice-chairman, of each board of elections shall, ten (10) working days after the determination by the board, notify in writing each candidate nominated or elected from the district, and within 24 hours after the determination, report the result thereof of the Supervisor of Elections in writing. Upon receiving these reports, the Supervisor of Elections shall determine the candidates who have been nominated for election at large, or who have been elected at large, and shall notify them ten (10) working days after such determination.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 628 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 628. Tied results; new election

 If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes at an election, a new election shall be held on the eighth day after the determination to determine which of the tied candidates shall be elected to the particular position to be filled.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 630 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 23 - Canvassing of Ballots; New Elections; Recounts|§ 630. Watchers at canvasses

 The watchers authorized by section 552 of this title may, in the manner provided by that section, be present at any canvass of votes by the boards of elections.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 661 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 661. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: (1) “Absentee” means: (a) any member of the Uniformed Services of the United States or; (b) any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote in elections in the United States Virgin Islands who is: (i) a person or his spouse who is engaged in educational pursuits and who is residing either outside the Territory of the Virgin Islands or in an election district other than that in which he is registered; or (ii) an officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or the Government of the United States assigned to official duties outside of the election district in which he is registered; or (iii) the spouse of any member of the Uniformed Services of the United States; or (iv) any person who has not been out of the election district in which he is registered for more than 90 days prior to the date of the election for which absentee status is sought; or (v) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which he is a qualified voter because of illness or physical disability, whether permanent or temporary, or because he will be or is a patient in a hospital, nursing home, or home for the aged; or (vi) an inmate or patient in a Veterans' Administration hospital; or (vii) absent from the district of his residence because of his accompanying a spouse, parent or child who would be entitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot; (viii) absent from his voting residence because he has been detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or trial, or has been confined in prison after a conviction for an offense other than a felony; or (ix) duly registered to vote, but will be unable to vote in person based on religious grounds. (2) “Uniformed Services of the United States” means the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps and the Merchant Marine. (3) “Election” means either “general election” or “primary election” as defined in section 1 of this title or a referendum officially sanctioned as provided by law. (4) “Special Write-In Absentee Ballot” means a method for voting by military and other persons overseas who, due to military contingencies or special circumstances such as those faced by submariners, national community service organizations, missionaries or others in remote areas, will be out of communication for extended periods of time and unable to receive the regular ballot in the normal time frame.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 662 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 662. When permitted

 (a) Any person who fulfills the definition of an absentee pursuant to section 661 of this chapter who, on the day of an election, is absent from the election district in which he is registered, and therefore is unable to vote in person, may vote at such election in the manner provided by this chapter. In the case of a member of the armed forces of the United States or his spouse, the commanding officer of such member shall certify his or her status as such, and in the case of a college student or his spouse, the registrar of his learning institution shall certify his or her status as such. (b) If a U.S. citizen living outside the United States who has never lived in the United States has a parent who is a qualified elector in the United States Virgin Islands, then that citizen is eligible to register and vote in the election district wherein his or her parent is a qualified elector in the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 664 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 664. Applications for ballots; time

 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 as an absentee as defined by this chapter. The application must be received by the Supervisor of Elections at least 14 working days before the date of the election at which the absentee desires to vote, except that in the case of a person whose illness or disability commences on a day following the seventh day before such election, or in the case of a person who delivers his application to the board in person, such application must be received not later than the Monday preceding the election. Upon receipt of such an application, the Supervisor of Elections shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to vote as an absentee, forthwith forward by mail or deliver in person to the absentee an absentee ballot, with one each of the envelopes specified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of subsection (a) of section 663 of this chapter, and necessary explanatory and instructional matter as provided for in paragraph 5 of such subsection (a). Promptly after the last day of receiving applications for absentee ballots the Supervisor of Elections shall notify each board of elections of names and stated legal residence of all absentees claiming legal residence in its election district to whom absentee ballots have been sent for use at the ensuing election, and shall also cause the registration cards of such absentee voters to be removed from the district register prior to the date of the election. Such cards shall be replaced in the district register after the election in question has been conducted. No such ballot shall be forwarded to any absentee whose application therefor is received by the Supervisor of Elections less than 14 working days before the election. In such cases, the Supervisor of Elections shall retain the application in the files of his office, and shall notify the applicant, by mail, of the reason why it cannot be honored. He shall mail or deliver a duplicate of such notice to the board of elections concerned. All applications received by the Supervisor of Elections under this section, whether received in sufficient time, or not, shall be stamped in his office with the date of receipt by him.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 666 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 666. Examination of affidavits; filing; delivery of unopened envelopes to Supervisor of Elections

 (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 section, shall be opened by the board or a part thereof or by the clerk in the presence of a board member, for the purpose of examining the envelope on which is contained the affidavit prescribed by paragraph 3 of section 663 of this title. The affidavit appearing on such envelope, if properly executed, shall be prima facie evidence of the voter's qualification to become a voter. The mailing envelope and the affidavit envelope in which the ballot envelope is sealed shall be attached and placed in a locked file until the time for counting ballots as provided in section 667 of this title. The mailing and affidavit envelope shall be destroyed at the time provided for destruction of the absentee ballots. (b) All such envelopes received by the boards of elections after the time specified in subsection (a) of section 665 hereof shall be mailed or delivered to the Supervisor of Elections and retained by him, unopened, until, as permitted by law, the ballots cast at the election are destroyed, at which time the envelopes shall likewise be destroyed, unopened and unexamined.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 667 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 667. Counting absentee ballots; watchers

 (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 envelope in a locked ballot box. After all absentee ballot envelopes have been placed in the ballot box, the box shall be opened and the ballots removed from the ballot envelopes and counted. The board of elections shall announce and add the total number thereof to the election returns, according to polling districts. (b) The watchers authorized for general elections by section 552 of this title may, in the manner provided by that section, be present at any count of absentee ballots under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 668 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 668. Challenges; procedure

 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 person allowed by applicable provision of law, and if such a ballot is challenged the chairman or vice-chairman of the board shall endorse on the affidavit envelope the word “Challenged”, with the name and address of the voter who makes the challenge. If the board is satisfied that the challenge is well grounded, the ballot envelope shall not be removed from the affidavit envelope and shall not be counted, but shall be preserved and mailed or delivered to the Supervisor of Elections with other rejected ballots; otherwise, the affidavit envelope shall be opened and the absentee ballot envelope placed in the ballot box as provided in section 667(a) of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 669 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 669. Immaterial defects

 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.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 670 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 670. Death of voter

 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.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 671 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 671. Registration

 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 subdivision thereof, if not already so entered, by the insertion of registration cards therein, filled in to the extent allowed by the information given in his affidavit on the ballot envelope. It shall be indicated on such cards that the registrant is an absentee, and, in the proper place on his card in the district register or subdivision thereof, a board member or the clerk shall write or stamp the date of each election at which the registrant voted or votes as such absentee, and shall sign his name or initials. When the registrant returns to his district and resumes his permanent residence, he shall be required to complete his registration before he is permitted to vote at any primary or election held thereafter. The provisions of this section shall apply to members of the Uniformed Services of the United States and all other persons desiring to vote by absentee ballot shall first comply with the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 672 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 672. Delivery of ballots to Supervisor of Elections

 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 with the other ballots required by section 626 of this title to be delivered to him. The Supervisor of Elections shall preserve them with such other ballots for a period of at least two years.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 673 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 673. Voting in person

 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 it is shown that he is able to vote in person, his absentee ballot shall not be counted. The Supervisor of Elections shall promulgate rules and regulations designed to insure that no elector casts both an absentee ballot and a regular ballot in the same election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 674 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 674. Construction with other provisions

 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.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 675 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 25 - Absentee Voting|§ 675. Use of federal write-in absentee ballot

 (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 Absentee Ballot (”FWAB“) in general, special, primary, and run-off elections; (b) Use of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot as a combined request for registration and ballot submission. 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 Absentee Ballot (“FWAB”) transmission envelope as a request for registration simultaneously with the submission of the FWAB if: (1) the information submitted complies with United States Virgin Islands registration requirements; (2) the voter is otherwise eligible to vote absentee in the jurisdiction where the request is submitted; and (3) the request is received by the appropriate election official not less than 30 days before the election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 901 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 901. Purpose

 (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 and committees supporting or opposing candidates campaigning for public office; and (3) limit the amounts which may be contributed to such candidates and committees by individuals, corporations, labor organizations and other committees. (b) This chapter shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes enumerated in this section.