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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 18 - Elections » Chapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2. Eligibility of government personnel for public office

Persons employed in the legislative, executive or judicial branches of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall be eligible for nomination as candidates for public office but any such person who becomes a candidate for public office shall be granted and shall take a leave of absence from his governmental duties from the […]

§ 4. Powers, duties and functions of Supervisor of Elections

(a) There is hereby created and established the Office of Supervisor of Elections. There shall be a Supervisor of Elections, a Deputy Supervisor for St. Croix, and a Deputy Supervisor of St. Thomas-St. John. The Supervisor and Deputy Supervisors shall be appointed by the Joint Boards of Elections for a term of eight years and […]

§ 5. Publication of notices

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, all public notices required by the provisions of this title shall be published in all local newspapers of general circulation in the Virgin Islands.

§ 6. Amendment during election year

No amendments to this title shall be enacted by the Legislature in the period of six (6) months immediately preceding the date of a general election except in compliance with an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

§ 7. Prohibition of dual candidacies

In any general, primary, or special election, no person’s name may appear on a ballot as candidate for more than one (1) of the following offices: (1) Governor; (2) Lieutenant Governor; (3) Delegate to Congress; (4) Senator; (5) Board of Education; and (6) Board of Elections.