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V.I. Code tit. 18, § 384 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter II - Nomination of Candidates by Political Bodies|§ 384. Contents of nomination papers; restriction on names

 (a) All nomination papers filed under this subchapter shall specify: (1) the name or appellation, if any, of the political body which the candidates nominated thereby represent, expressed in not more than three words; (2) the name of each candidate nominated therein, his profession, business or occupation, if any; and his place of residence, with street and number if any; and (3) the office for which each such candidate is nominated. (b) No words shall be used in any nomination paper to designate the name or appellation of the political body represented by the candidates named in such nomination paper which are identical with, or deceptively similar to, the words used for a like purpose by any existing political party as defined in section 301 of this title, or which contain part of the name or an abbreviation of the name or part of the name of any existing political party; nor shall any words be used in any nomination paper to designate the name or appellation of the political body represented by the candidate's name in such nomination paper which are identical with, or deceptively similar to, the words used for a like purpose by any political body which has already filed nomination papers for the same office, or which contain part of the name of a political body which has already filed nomination papers for the same office. Any petition to set aside a nomination paper on account of the name or appellation used therein, or involving the right of the signers thereof to use such name or appellation, shall be decided as in the case of other petitions to set aside nomination papers, in the manner provided by subchapter III of this chapter. (c) If a nomination paper does not specify the name or appellation of a political body which the candidate represents, the candidate shall, if the requirements of this subchapter have been complied with, be designated as “Independent” in the format of the ballot as it shall appear on the electronic voting machine at the ensuing election, as provided in subsection (c) of section 491 of this title. (d) Nomination papers may not be filed under this subchapter by any candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, unless: (1) Both candidates are registered and enrolled members of the same political party on the date of filing; or (2) Neither of the two candidates is a registered and enrolled member of a political party on the date of filing.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 410 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 410. Filing time for nomination

 (a) Nomination petitions filed pursuant to section 344 of this chapter and nomination papers filed pursuant to subchapter II of this chapter must be filed: (1) with the Supervisor of Elections, in the election district in which the candidate resides; and (2) second Tuesday in May by 6 p.m. of each general election year and before 5 p.m. seven (7) calendar days thereafter. (b) In any general election year a person may file either a nomination petition pursuant to section 344 of this chapter or a nomination paper pursuant to subchapter II, but not both. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person not filing as a member of a political body to run in the primary election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 411 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 411. Examination of nomination petitions, papers, and certificates; notice of defects

 (a) The Supervisor of Elections or his deputy shall forthwith examine the nomination petitions, nomination papers or nomination certificates filed with him under this chapter and shall permit them to be examined by any interested citizen. If the identity of any signer is unknown to him or if the identity or capacity of any signer seems to him doubtful or is challenged by any citizen, the Supervisor of Elections or his deputy within three days after the close of the nomination period shall hold a public hearing in the election district in which the signer in question purports to reside, to which hearing such signer and any material witnesses may be summoned. The Supervisor of Elections or his deputy shall determine the signer's identity and capacity and ascertain that the candidates have been validly nominated. (b) If the Supervisor determines that a candidate for election or nomination does not meet the qualifications established by law for the office, then he shall disqualify such candidate and delete the candidate's name from the ballot if the ballots have not been printed. (c) When a nomination petition, nomination paper or nomination certificate is found to be defective the candidate shall be notified immediately by special messenger with the reason or reasons therefor. If a new, valid petition, paper or certificate is not filed within three days thereafter the candidate shall be disqualified for nomination or election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 412 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 412. Objections to nomination petitions and papers

 All nomination petitions and nomination papers received and filed under this chapter, and accepted after the examination required by section 411 of this title, shall be deemed to be valid, unless, within five days after the last day for filing such nomination petition or papers, a petition is presented to the district court, specifically setting forth the objections thereto, and praying that such petition or paper be set aside. A copy of the petition shall, within such period, be served on the officer with whom the nomination petition or paper was filed. Upon the presentation of such a petition the court shall make an order fixing a time for hearing which shall not be later than 10 days after the last day for filing such nomination petition or paper, and specifying the time and manner of notice that shall be given to the candidate named in the nomination petition or paper sought to be set aside. On the day fixed for the hearing, the court shall proceed without delay to hear such objections, and shall give the hearing precedence over any other business before it, and shall finally determine the matter not later than 15 days after the last day for filing such nomination petitions or papers. If the court finds that the nomination petition or paper is defective under the provisions of section 411 of this title, or that it does not contain a sufficient number of genuine signatures of electors entitled to sign it under the provisions of this chapter, or was not filed by persons entitled to file it, it shall be set aside. If the objections relate to material errors or defects apparent on the face of the nomination petition or paper, or on the face of the accompanying or appended affidavits, the court, after hearing, may, in its discretion, permit amendments within such time and upon such terms as to payment of costs, as the court may specify. In case a petition under this section is dismissed, the court shall make such order as to the payment of the cost of the proceeding, including witness fees, as it shall deem just. If a person shall sign any nomination petitions or papers for a greater number of candidates than he is permitted under the provisions of this chapter, if such signatures bear the same date, they shall, upon objections filed thereto, not be counted on any petition or paper and if they bear different dates, they shall be counted in the order of their priority of date, for only so many persons as there are candidates to be nominated or voted for by an elector at the general election.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 413 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 413. Withdrawal of nominated candidates

 Any person who has been nominated for a public office at a primary or by nomination papers may withdraw his name from nomination by request in writing, signed by him and acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the office of the Supervisor of Elections or of his deputy in the election district in which such person resides. Such a written withdrawal, to be effective, shall be received in the office of the Supervisor of Elections or his designee within 5 days after the final date for filing nomination papers and nomination petitions as provided pursuant to section 410 of this chapter, and not later than 5 p.m. on the last day for filing the withdrawal. No name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballot. No candidate may withdraw any withdrawal notice already received and filed, and thereby reinstate his nomination.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 414 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 414. Substituted nominations by parties

 (a) Any vacancy occurring or existing after the date of the primary in any party nomination, by reason of the death or withdrawal of any candidate, may be filled by a substituted nomination made by such committee as is authorized by the rules of the party to make nominations if there are vacancies in the party ticket. (b) Upon the making of a substituted nomination referred to in subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the party rules, the chairman and secretary of the party committee making the nomination shall file with the Supervisor of Elections or with his deputy in the election district in which the substituted candidate resides, a nomination certificate which shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of such committee. (c) The nomination certificate shall set forth— (1) the office and the election district, if any, for which it is filed; (2) the cause of the vacancy; (3) the rule or rules of the political party, setting forth the provisions applicable to a substituted nomination; (4) that a quorum of the committee, caucus, or convention, as provided by the party rules, duly convened, and the names of those present at the meeting and all proxies; (5) that such persons are the duly appointed or elected members of such committee, caucus, or convention; (6) the name, residence, and occupation of the candidate duly nominated at such meeting; and (7) a statement by, and under the signature of the candidate duly nominated that he is an enrolled member of the political party nominating him, and that he accepts the nomination. (d) Every certificate of nomination prepared and filed under this section shall be sworn to or affirmed by the chairman and secretary of the committee before an officer qualified to administer oaths.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 415 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 415. Substituted nominations by political bodies

 In the case of the death or withdrawal of any candidate nominated by a political body by nomination papers, the persons who signed the nomination paper, or a majority of them if such majority meets the requirement as to minimum number of signers, as prescribed in section 381 of this title, may nominate a substitute in his place by filing in the proper office a substitute nomination paper, executed in the manner and form prescribed by sections 381–384 of this title. Such substituted nomination paper shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the substituted candidate identical with that required under section 383 of this title, and by a verified statement, signed by all the persons signing the substitute nomination paper, setting forth the fact of the death or withdrawal of the candidate originally nominated. If the vacancy is caused by the death of a candidate, the substitute nomination paper shall also be accompanied by a death certificate, properly certified.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 416 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 416. Time for filing substituted nomination certificates and papers

 Substituted nomination certificates and substitute nomination papers to fill vacancies caused by withdrawal or death of candidates nominated at primaries or by nomination papers shall be filed with the Supervisor of Elections or his deputy: (1) within 5 days after the last day for filing for withdrawals by nominated candidates as provided in section 413 of this chapter, if the vacancy was caused by the withdrawal of the original candidate; or (2) at any time prior to the day on which the printing of the ballots is commenced if the vacancy was caused by the death of the original candidate.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 417 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 417. Objections to substituted nomination certificates and papers

 All substituted nomination certificates and substitute nomination papers may be objected to in the manner provided in section 412 of this title, except that: (1) any such objections shall be filed within three days after the filing of the substituted nomination certificate or substitute nomination paper; and (2) no objections as to form and conformity to law shall be received after the day on which the printing of ballots is commenced.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 418 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 418. Preservation of nomination petitions, certificates and papers

 All nomination petitions, certificates and papers shall be preserved in the offices in which they have been filed for a period of at least two years.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 419 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 419. Casting of lots for position of names upon official election ballot; notice to candidates

 Immediately after the last day is fixed for the withdrawal of nominated candidates under section 413 of this subchapter, the Supervisor of Elections shall fix a day for the casting of lots, in such manner as he prescribes, for the position of the names upon the official election ballot of all candidates nominated for the election by the vote of party electors at the immediately preceding primary, and nominated for election by nomination papers. The Supervisor of Elections shall give at least two days' notice of such date by publication in the local newspapers circulating in the Virgin Islands or district, as the case may be. Each candidate may appear in person, or by an agent duly authorized by letter of attorney, signed and acknowledged by an officer empowered to take acknowledgments. If any candidate is not present in person or by representative at the time of the casting of lots, the Supervisor of Elections or his designee shall draw for such candidate. After the lots are cast, the Supervisor of Elections shall establish accordingly the order in which the names of such candidates are to appear on the official election ballot.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 420 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 17 - Nomination of Candidates|Subchapter III - Filing; Objections; Withdrawals; Substitutions; Position on Election Ballot; Certifications|§ 420. Certificate of nominees by Supervisor of Elections

 As soon as possible after the casting of lots, as provided for in section 419 of this subchapter, the Supervisor of Elections shall have published in public newspapers of general circulation an official list, certified by him, of all candidates who have been nominated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in the order in which their names will appear upon the official election ballot.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 451 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 19 - Ballots and Ballot Boxes|Subchapter I - General Requirements|§ 451. Preparation of ballot

 All primaries and elections in the Virgin Islands shall be conducted by ballot. The Supervisor of Elections shall, prior to each primary and election, prepare the format of the ballot as it shall appear on the electronic voting machine in the form prescribed by this chapter under the direction of the District Board. Instructions on each official ballot shall be printed in both the English language and the Spanish language.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 471 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 19 - Ballots and Ballot Boxes|Subchapter II - Official Primary Ballot|§ 471. Form of primary ballots

 (a) At primaries separate ballots shall be prepared for each political party, and the electronic voting machines shall be set so that the elector may vote the ballot of only the political party in which he is registered. (b) The ballot to be used at primary elections shall appear on the electronic voting machine in substantially the following form. In addition, a photograph of the candidate shall appeal directly next to the number of the candidate, clearly lined up on the voting machine and sample ballots, in a size and style that will adequately identify the candidate as determined by the Supervisor of Elections.Election District of ____, Virgin Islands, ____ Primary election held on the ____ day of ____, 19____. To vote for a candidate, depress button opposite name of that candidate. If you desire to vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, write or paste his name in the blank space provided for that purpose.John Hill (for Governor)Fred Mill (for Lieutenant Governor)Earl Smith (for Governor)Frank Jones (for Lieutenant Governor)John DoeRichard DoeThomas JamesJohn StilesAlice MooreJoe BoylesHenry BlackJack BrownJoe SmithMary WhiteBill BuddThomas GreenFrank RoseJim MartinBud WilliamsJohn RobinsonTom SwiftBruce BakerDavid MarkAllen FosterAnn WilsonHenry LewisBruce JamesJoe Blow The names of all candidates shall in all cases be arranged under the title of the office for which they are candidates, and be listed thereunder in the order determined by the casting of lots as provided by section 351 of this title. There shall be at the left at the end of the list of candidates for each office (or under the title of the office itself in the case there be no candidates who have filed nomination petitions therefor) as many blank spaces as there are persons to be voted for, for such office, in which space the elector may insert the name of any person whose name is not printed on the ballot as a candidate for such office. Opposite or under the name of each candidate, who is to be voted for by the electors at large, shall be printed the name of the election district in which such candidate resides; and opposite or under the name of each candidate who is to be voted for by the electors of an election district shall be printed the name of the polling district in which such candidate resides. At the bottom of the ballot shall appear the facsimile signature of the Supervisor of Elections. The ballot shall vary in form only as the names of election districts, offices, candidates or the provisions of this title may require.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 473 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 19 - Ballots and Ballot Boxes|Subchapter II - Official Primary Ballot|§ 473. Sample ballots

 For each primary, the Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to the board of elections of each legislative district sample ballots of each party in similar form to the official ballot, printed on white paper and without the facsimile endorsement of the Supervisor of Elections, equal in number to one-fifth of the number of ballots cast for each political party in the preceding primary election for each polling district within the legislative district. The sample ballots shall be of the same size and form as the official primary ballots.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 491 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 19 - Ballots and Ballot Boxes|Subchapter III - Official Election Ballot|§ 491. Emblems of parties

 (a) Each political party as determined by the Supervisor of Elections within the meaning of section 301 of this title shall be entitled to submit to the Supervisor of Elections not later than five days after the primary in the election year a party emblem to be entered on the format of the ballot as it shall appear on the electronic voting machine. (b) No political party shall adopt as an emblem one which has been previously used or adopted by another political party, either in whole or in part, if such other party still claims and uses such emblem; nor shall any political party use as an emblem on an election ballot the flag or coat of arms of the United States or the Territory of the Virgin Islands, or any religious symbol. If two or more emblems equal or similar, in whole or in part, are presented to him at the same time, the Supervisor of Elections shall decide by lot or drawing to which emblem priority belongs. The said lot or drawing shall be made in the presence of representatives of the parties affected. The Supervisor of Elections shall refuse to accept any emblem of a political party which violates the provisions of this section. If any political party fails to register its emblem with the Supervisor of Elections on or before twelve o'clock noon the first Tuesday in July in which it is to be used, as required by this section, the Supervisor of Elections shall designate an emblem for such party which shall be used to distinguish the said party on the official ballot. (c) Any political party desiring to change its name or emblem may do so on certificate of the territorial committee of said party, filed in the office of the Supervisor of Elections, and such party shall not therefore lose the rights and privileges granted thereto by law as such political party. (d) [Repealed.]
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 493 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 19 - Ballots and Ballot Boxes|Subchapter III - Official Election Ballot|§ 493. Number; samples

 (a) For each election district in which a general election is to be held, the Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to the board of elections thereof 50 official election ballots for every 45 registered electors and fraction thereof in each polling district within the election district. In addition, the Supervisor of Elections shall furnish to each such board sample ballots, printed on colored paper and without the facsimile endorsement of the Supervisor of Elections, equal in number to one-fifth of the number of official election ballots to be furnished by the board to the election officers for each polling district within the election district. The sample ballots shall be of the same size and form as the official election ballots. (b) The Supervisor shall, upon timely request, furnish each candidate with up to twenty (20) sample ballots at least fifteen (15) days prior to the general election.