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Capital: Charlotte Amalie (island of St. Thomas)

Current Virgin Islands Statewide Office Holders

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)

Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions

Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States):

Executive Branch All States

Chief Executive
- Governor

Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States
- Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor
- Delegate to the House of Representatives: 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

Legislative Branch All States

Unicameral
- Senate

Local Government All States

Statutory Election Information All States

General Election All States
- (--2013) 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][18 VIC 231]
  (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] [Revised Organic Act of 1954, Sec., 11 re: Gov.-Lt Gov.; PL 92-271]
- (2013--) "General elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1964, and every two years thereafter ..." [18 V.I.C. §231]
  "If no candidates receive 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 numbers of votes cast." [V.I.C. Rev. Org. Act of 1954 § 11 (2013)]
State Primary All States
- (--2012) 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] [18 VIC 232]
- (2012--) Party primary elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the first Saturday of August for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination to public offices to be voted for at the ensuing general election. [18 V.I.C. § 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

Election Authority. All States
Legislature. All States
- Legislature of the Virgin Islands
- US Code - Virgin Islands. Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute
- Virgin Islands Code Unannotated. LexisNexis
Democratic
- U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Party. (facebook.com)
- US Virgin Islands Democratic Party. (facebook.com). Appears to be mostly unused.
Republican
- The Republican Party of the USVI
- The Republican Party of the Virgin Islands; P.O. Box 1532; St. Thomas, VI 00804; 340-776-0583
- Virgin Islands Republican Party (Facebook)
Third Party
- Independent Citizens Movement of the Virgin Islands
Media & others

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