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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 18 - Elections » Chapter 9 - Polling Districts and Places; Booths

§ 194. Polling places to be fixed by election boards

(a) The board of elections in each election district shall select and fix as many polling places for each polling district under its jurisdiction, herein or hereafter established as it may deem necessary. For the Island of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the polling places for any polling district may be located outside such polling […]

§ 195. Same; use of public buildings

(a) In selecting polling places, each board of elections shall, whenever possible and practicable, select schoolhouses or other public, civic, or fraternal buildings for that purpose. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Education, or other proper official or officials, shall, upon request of the board, make arrangements for […]

§ 196. Equipment and arrangement of polling places; guard rail; number of booths

(a) Each board of elections shall cause all rooms used as polling places to be suitably provided with light and with a sufficient number of voting compartments or booths with proper supplies, in which electors may conveniently mark their ballots, with a curtain, screen or door in the upper part of the front of each […]

§ 197. Compensation for rent and light

Each board of elections shall fix the compensation for rent, light and janitorial services to be paid for the use of polling places for primaries and elections, within the legislative district, but no compensation for rent or light shall be paid in the case of schoolhouses or other public buildings used as polling places.