2019 Special Election

Election Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 7:00am

Election Type: Special

Election Calendar:

2019 Special Election Calendar

A Special Election for an Initiative Proposal will be held on March 30, 2019.

Voter registration will close February 28, 2019, and Early Voting will be the week of March 16, 2019. If you will be off-island you may request an absentee ballot. To confirm your registration status, use the voter lookup.

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Ballot Title

An Initiative to amend Title 2, Chapter 6 of the Virgin Islands Code, entitled “Apportionment of the Legislature”, to create District Senators and At-Large Senators and impose district residency requirements.

Ballot Question

Title 2, Chapter 6 of the Virgin Islands Code, entitled “Apportionment of the Legislature”, is amended to read as follows: There are five (5) legislative districts with nine (9) district Senators:

District of St. Croix, East, shall have two (2) Senators;
District of St. Croix, West, shall have two (2) Senators;
District of St. Thomas, East, shall have two (2) Senators;
District of St. Thomas, West, shall have two (2) Senators;
District of St. John shall have with one (1) Senator;

Voted on by the qualified electors of the respective district

And six (6) at-large senators:

Three (3) shall be residents of St. Croix and
Three (3) shall be residents of St. Thomas

Voted on by the qualified electors of the Virgin Islands as a whole. Shall this proposal become law?” YES or NO

Ballot Summary

This initiative seeks to amend Title 2, Chapter 6 of the Virgin Islands Code, entitled Apportionment of the Legislature, to create the following districts:

District of St. Croix, East;
District of St. Croix, West;
District of St. Thomas, East;
District of St. Thomas, West; and
District of St. John.

The initiative also seeks to create the following at-large Senators.

Three shall be residents of St. Croix
Three shall be residents of St. Thomas.

All senatorial candidates and elected Senators must be bonafide residents of either the District or at-large District that they are seeking to represent.

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For more information about the Initiative Proposal, visit www.stcroixgovernmentretirees.com or contact Mary Moorhead by email or call 340-277-7485.

Sample Ballots

File	District
2019 Special Election STT-STJ Sample Ballot	St. Thomas/St. John
2019 Special Election STX Sample Ballot	St. Croix

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