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U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections
| U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Partisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | Four years |
| Authority: | 17 U.S. Virgin Islands Code Title 18, Chapter 3 |
| Selection Method: | Elected |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
| Florine Audain Hassell, Lawrence Boschulte, Chaneel Callwood, Nathan Fletcher, Kareem Francis, Cornelius JnBaptiste, Shikima Jones, Michael Joseph, Barbara LaRonde, Harriet Mercer, Lilliana Belardo De O'Neal, Cleopatra Peter, Atanya Springette, Raymond Williams | |
| Elections | |
| Next election: | November 3, 2026 |
| Last election: | November 5, 2024 |
| Other U.S. Virgin Islands Executive Offices | |
| Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education | |
The U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections is responsible for overseeing the registration of electors and conducting primaries and elections. It is composed of fourteen elected members, seven from each district––the district of St. Croix and the district of St. Thomas/St. John.[1][2]
Current officeholders
Authority
The U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections' authority and jurisdiction are established in 17 U.S. Virgin Islands Code Title 18, Chapter 3.[2]
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(a) There is a single Board of Elections that governs both election districts. |
Qualifications
Candidates for the 14 elected members of the board must be:[3]
- A U.S. citizen.
- At least 21 years old.
- A resident of the U.S. Virgin Islands for at least three years immediately preceding the date of the election.
Elections
The board is composed of 14 voting members, seven from each district––St. Croix and St. Thomas/St. John––who are elected in partisan elections in each of the two election districts. The St. Thomas/St. John Board shall include at least two members who are St. John residents. No more than four members of the same political party may represent a district, including individuals who are unaffiliated with any political party. Each member serves a staggered four-year term beginning on the first Monday after the first day of January following the election.[1][2]
Election results
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2030
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2026
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2024
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District
Abigail Hendricks Cagan (Independent) won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Abigail Hendricks Cagan (Independent) (Write-in) | 4.5 | 17 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 95.5% | 361 | ||
| Total votes: 378 | |||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for August 3, 2024, was canceled.
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 3, 2024, was canceled.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Mary Moorhead (Independent) and incumbent Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) defeated Terrell Alexandre (D) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Moorhead (Independent) | 38.9 | 3,013 |
| ✔ |  | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) | 36.0 | 2,790 |
 | Terrell Alexandre (D) | 24.4 | 1,891 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7% | 55 | ||
| Total votes: 7,749 | |||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for August 3, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) and Terrell Alexandre (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District without appearing on the ballot.
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 3, 2024, was canceled.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood (D) and incumbent Nandi Sekou (D) defeated Sophia del Rosario (R) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood (D) | 44.9 | 3,576 | |
| ✔ |  | Nandi Sekou (D) | 39.6 | 3,155 |
 | Sophia del Rosario (R) | 14.5 | 1,157 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0% | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 7,964 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood (D) and incumbent Nandi Sekou (D) defeated Bruce Flamon (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood | 43.7 | 320 | |
| ✔ | | Nandi Sekou | 40.9 | 300 |
| Bruce Flamon | 14.7 | 108 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7% | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 733 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 3, 2024, was canceled. Sophia del Rosario (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District without appearing on the ballot.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Incumbent Terrence Joseph (D) and incumbent Winona Hendricks (D) defeated Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizen Movement) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Terrence Joseph (D) | 36.4 | 4,121 | |
| ✔ | Winona Hendricks (D) | 32.4 | 3,665 | |
| | Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizen Movement) | 30.5 | 3,453 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6% | 70 | ||
| Total votes: 11,309 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Incumbent Winona Hendricks (D) and incumbent Terrence Joseph (D) defeated Denis Lynch II (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on August 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Winona Hendricks | 34.6 | 1,235 | |
| ✔ | Terrence Joseph | 33.1 | 1,184 | |
| Denis Lynch II | 31.9 | 1,141 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 3,572 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 6, 2022, was canceled.
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Judy Gomez (D) and Arah Lockhart (D) defeated Michael Charles (R) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Judy Gomez (D) | 53.4 | 6,433 | |
| ✔ |  | Arah Lockhart (D) | 35.8 | 4,308 |
| Michael Charles (R) | 10.3 | 1,247 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5% | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 12,050 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Judy Gomez (D) and Arah Lockhart (D) defeated Leonard Richardson (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Judy Gomez | 48.2 | 2,057 | |
| ✔ | | Arah Lockhart | 31.4 | 1,343 |
| Leonard Richardson | 19.9 | 852 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5% | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 4,272 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Randolph Bennett (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 6, 2022, was canceled. Michael Charles (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District without appearing on the ballot.
See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2020
U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District
Angel Bolques Jr. (D) won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angel Bolques Jr. (D) | 98.4 | 7,191 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6% | 120 | ||
| Total votes: 7,311 | |||
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U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) and Shawna Richards (D) defeated incumbent Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizens Movement) and incumbent Martial Webster (Independent) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) | 29.4 | 2,898 |
| ✔ |  | Shawna Richards (D) | 28.1 | 2,766 |
| | Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizens Movement) | 24.7 | 2,429 | |
| Martial Webster (Independent) | 17.6 | 1,737 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 9,848 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Shawna Richards (D) and Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) defeated Imani Heath (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on August 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawna Richards | 45.4 | 976 |
| ✔ | | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius | 30.6 | 658 |
| Imani Heath | 23.4 | 502 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6% | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 2,148 | |||
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U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood (D) and Nandi Sekou (D) defeated Eugene Farrell (Independent) in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood (D) | 41.0 | 3,988 | |
| ✔ | | Nandi Sekou (D) | 40.9 | 3,983 |
| Eugene Farrell (Independent) | 17.1 | 1,664 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0% | 96 | ||
| Total votes: 9,731 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood (D) and Nandi Sekou (D) defeated incumbent Arah Lockhart (D) and Judith Edwin (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood | 31.7 | 998 | |
| ✔ | | Nandi Sekou | 31.5 | 990 |
| | Arah Lockhart | 24.9 | 785 | |
| Judith Edwin | 11.6 | 365 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 3,147 | |||
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Vacancies
In the event of a vacant seat on the board, the Board of Elections shall certify the candidate who received the next highest vote total in the immediately preceding election within 30 days. The individual must be a member of the same political party as the former member. The appointee shall serve out the remainder of the previous officeholder's term. However, when a vacancy occurs and the candidate who received the next highest vote total is not a member of the same political party as the previous officeholder, or the person who vacated the seat is unaffiliated with any political party, the Board of Elections shall certify the candidate who received the next highest vote total.[2]
Duties
Per V.I. Code title 18, Chapter 3 § 47, the U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections' powers and duties include:[1][4]
- Registering electors and conducting primaries and general elections.
- Performance of all functions related to party enrollment of electors.
- The preservation, storage, and maintenance of registers, and primary and general election equipment of all kinds.
- Issuing certificates of appointment to election officers.
- Investigating election fraud and irregularities.
- Receiving the returns of all primaries and general elections from election officers, canvassing the returns, certifying the results no later than one week following the primary or general elections, and forwarding of the results to the Supervisor of Elections.
- Sending recommendations of amendments to election laws in conjunction with the Supervisor of Elections to the Legislature.
Divisions
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Compensation
According to the 17 U.S. Virgin Islands Code Title 18, Chapter 3, board members shall receive a stipend of $75 for each day or at least one-half of the time of the entire meeting in the performance of their official duties, plus necessary travel and subsistence expenses for travel from the island of residence for attendance at each meeting of the board; provided, that the stipend shall be $125 for members and $150 for the Chairman on election days, and on days on which recounts are held.[2]
Historical officeholders
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Contact info
St. CroixMailing address Physical address Phone: 340-773-1021 |
St. JohnMailing address Physical address Phone: 340-776-6535 |
St. ThomasMailing address Physical address Phone: 340-774-3107 |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Election System of the Virgin Islands, "Board of Elections," accessed August 26, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Justia "2019 US Virgin Islands Code Title 18 - Elections, Chapter 3 - Boards of Elections § 41. Board of Elections," accessed August 26, 2020
- ↑ Elections System of the Virgin Islands, "Qualifications for Offices," accessed August 26, 2020
- ↑ Justia, "2019 US Virgin Islands Code Title 18 - Elections, Chapter 3 - Boards of Elections § 47. Jurisdiction, powers and duties of boards," August 26, 2020
