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Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm Virgin Islands
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2004, 2008 Electors:0(0.00% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:0(0.00% of 435)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electors:0(0.00% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:0(0.00% of 435)
Capital:Charlotte Amalie (island of St. Thomas)
 

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Official Name/Status   All States
 The unincorporated TERRITORY of Virgin Islands
 Status: unincorporated TERRITORY
 possession [officially, the UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS] formally transferred to the United States by DENMARK, 31 March 1917 (before this, known as the DANISH WEST INDIES)

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  Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor
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General Election   All States
  The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954 ... Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. [U.S. Code Title 48,Chapter 12, Subchapter III, §1576]
(a) The Delegate from the Virgin Islands shall be elected at large, by separate ballot and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate. ... If no candidate receives such majority, on the fourteenth day following such election a runoff election shall be held between the candidates receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes cast for the office of Delegate. In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate, by reason of death, resignation, or permanent disability, the office of Delegate shall remain vacant until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. [U.S. Code Title 48, Chapter 16, Subchapter I, §1712]
State Primary   All States
  Party primary elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the second Saturday of September for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination to public offices to be voted for at the ensuing general election. [Title 18 Chapter 11 §232]
Polling times   All States
  At all primaries and elections, the polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m., until 7:00 p.m. [Title 18 Chapter 21 Subchapter §555]


Links  Links to other web sites
 
Constitution
  Revised Organic Act of 1954
Election Authority
  Election System of the Virgin Islands
  GVI Portal - Official portal of the USVI Government
Legislature
  Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  US Code - Virgin Islands Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute
Democratic
  Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands (yahoo groups)
  US Virgin Islands Democratic Party (facebook)
  Virgin Islands Democratic Party
Republican
  Republican Party of the Virgin Islands
  Republican Party of the Virgin Islands (RNC)
  The Republican Party of the Virgin Islands & Virgin Islands Republican Women
  The Republican Party of the Virgin Islands; P.O. Box 1532; St. Thomas, VI 00804; 340-776-0583
Third Party
  Independent Citizens Movement of the Virgin Islands
Media & others
  BBC Caribbean
  DC's Political Report - Virgin Islands
  Politics1.com - Virgin Islands
  St. John Tradewinds
  The Vanguard - St. Croix
  The Virgin Islands Daily News
  WSTA AM - St. Thomas
  WTJX TV - Virgin Islands Public Television
 
 


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