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Registered Voters (2000): 
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Capital:Charlotte Amalie (island of St. Thomas)
 

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 The unincorporated TERRITORY of Virgin Islands
 Status: unincorporated TERRITORY
 possession formally transferred to the United States by DENMARK, 31 March 1917

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  Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor
  Delegate to the House of Representatives: 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

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General Election   All States
  ... 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]
§1422. Governor; Lieutenant Governor: Powers, duties. The executive power of Guam shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the "Governor of Guam". The Governor of Guam, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the Legislature of Guam. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a runoff election shall be held between the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be held on November 3, 1970. Thereafter, beginning with the year 1974, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected every four years at the general election. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. No person who has been elected Governor for two full successive terms shall again be eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened.
§1712. Election of Delegates. (a) The Delegate shall be elected by the people qualified to vote for the members of the legislature of the territory he is to represent at the general election of 1972, and thereafter at such general election every second year thereafter. The Delegate 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.
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
  LII - US Code collection - Virgin Islands
  Organic Act of Guam
  Revised Organic Act of 1954
Election Authority
  Election System of the Virgin Islands
Democratic
  Virgin Islands Democratic Party; P.O. Box 502578; St. Thomas, USVI 00805-2578; 340/643-4600
Republican
  Republican Party of the Virgin Islands
  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
  The Unity Party of 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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